Geomys adamsi Hibbard 1967 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1967. New rodents from the late Cenozoic of Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 52:115-131

Belongs to Geomys according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980

See also Hibbard 1967

Sister taxa: Geomys bisulcatus, Geomys bursarius, Geomys carranzai, Geomys jacobi, Geomys lutescens, Geomys pinetis, Geomys quinni, Geomys tobinensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Fox Canyon, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (1: Kansas collection)

• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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