†Geomys jacobi Hibbard 1967 (pocket gopher)
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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 C. W. Hibbard 1967
Sister taxa: Geomys adamsi, Geomys bisulcatus, Geomys bursarius, Geomys carranzai, Geomys lutescens, Geomys pinetis, Geomys quinni, Geomys tobinensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (3: Kansas collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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