Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: R. W. Wilson. 1936. A Pliocene Rodent Fauna from Smiths Valley, Nevada. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 473(2):15-34
Parent taxon: Geomyidae according to R. W. Wilson 1936
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Cratogeomys, Geomyinae, Geomys, Microdipodops, Mojavemys, Nerterogeomys, Orthogeomys, Pappogeomys, Phelosaccomys, Pleurolicus, Pliogeomys, Progeomys, Reynoldsomys, Tenudomys, Thomomys, Zygogeomys
Subtaxa: Pliosaccomys dubius Pliosaccomys higginsensis Pliosaccomys prowitteorum
Type: Pliosaccomys dubius
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (1: Idaho collection)
• Hemphillian of United States (8: California, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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