Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Parent taxon: Geomyidae according to Wied-Neuwied 1839
See also Eshelman et al. 2025, Hay 1902, Hibbard 1955, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Schultz and Howard 1935 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Cratogeomys, Geomyinae, Geomys, Microdipodops, Mojavemys, Nerterogeomys, Orthogeomys, Pappogeomys, Phelosaccomys, Pleurolicus, Pliogeomys, Pliosaccomys, Progeomys, Reynoldsomys, Tenudomys, Zygogeomys
Subtaxa: Thomomys bottae Thomomys bulbivorus Thomomys carsonensis Thomomys clusius Thomomys gidleyi Thomomys microdon Thomomys monticola Thomomys orientalis Thomomys potomacensis Thomomys talpoides Thomomys townsendii Thomomys umbrinus
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (3), United States (167: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (28: California, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Washington)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: California, Nebraska)
• Miocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 208 collections including 222 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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