Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and R. E. Reynolds. 1994. A hypsodont gopher (Rodentia, Geomyidae) from the Clarendonian (Miocene) of California. San Bernardino County Museum Association Special Publication 94-1:91-95
Parent taxon: Geomyidae according to W. W. Korth and D. S. Chaney 1999
See also Korth and Reynolds 1994
Sister taxa: Cratogeomys, Geomyinae, Geomys, Microdipodops, Mojavemys, Nerterogeomys, Orthogeomys, Pappogeomys, Pleurolicus, Pliogeomys, Pliosaccomys, Progeomys, Reynoldsomys, Tenudomys, Thomomys, Zygogeomys
Subtaxa: Phelosaccomys neomexicanus Phelosaccomys shotwelli
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: California, Nebraska, New Mexico collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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