†Geomys bisulcatus Marsh 1871 (pocket gopher)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1871. Notice of some new fossil mammals and birds from the Tertiary formation of the West. American Journal of Science 2(8):120-127
Belongs to Geomys according to O. C. Marsh 1871
See also Hay 1902 and Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Geomys adamsi, Geomys bursarius, Geomys carranzai, Geomys jacobi, Geomys lutescens, Geomys pinetis, Geomys quinni, Geomys tobinensis
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution: found only at Snake Creek Fauna (Miocene to Miocene of Nebraska)
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