Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomaluridae
Parent taxon: Thomomyini according to S. T. Álvarez-Castañeda and C. A. Segura-Trujillo 2025
See also Alroy 2002, 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 taxon: Megascapheus
Subtaxa: Thomomys carsonensis Thomomys clusius Thomomys gidleyi Thomomys idahoensis Thomomys mazama Thomomys microdon Thomomys monticola Thomomys orientalis Thomomys potomacensis Thomomys talpoides
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (124: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, 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: 162 collections including 170 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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