Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: H. T. Goodwin. 1995. Systematic revision of fossil prairie dogs with descriptions of two new species. University of Kansas Natural History Museum Miscellaneous Publications 86:1-38

Belongs to Cynomys according to H. T. Goodwin 1995

Sister taxa: Cynomys gunnisoni, Cynomys hibbardi, Cynomys leucurus, Cynomys ludovicianus, Cynomys mexicanus, Cynomys niobrarius, Cynomys parvidens, Cynomys spenceri, Cynomys vetus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Sappa, which is in an Irvingtonian terrestrial horizon in the Sappa Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Sappa

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