Tenudomys Rensberger 1973 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Parent taxon: Geomyidae according to Rensberger 1973

See also Korth et al. 2022, Korth and Branciforte 2007 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Cratogeomys, Geomyinae, Geomys, Microdipodops, Mojavemys, Nerterogeomys, Orthogeomys, Pappogeomys, Phelosaccomys, Pleurolicus, Pliogeomys, Pliosaccomys, Progeomys, Reynoldsomys, Thomomys, Zygogeomys

Subtaxa: Tenudomys basilaris Tenudomys bodei Tenudomys dakotensis Tenudomys macdonaldi Tenudomys ridgeviewensis Tenudomys titanus

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Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (5: California, Montana, Oregon collections)

• Oligocene of United States (6: Nebraska, South Dakota)

• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences

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