Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Alternative combination: Geomys minor
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1922. Preliminary report on fossil vertebrates of the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, with descriptions of new species of Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Shorter contributions to general geology, 1922 131:119-131
Belongs to Nerterogeomys according to W. W. Korth 1995
See also Czaplewski 1990, Gidley 1922, Hibbard 1950, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Tomida 1987 and Wilkins 1984
Sister taxa: Nerterogeomys anzensis, Nerterogeomys garbanii, Nerterogeomys paenebursarius, Nerterogeomys persimilis, Nerterogeomys smithi
Type specimen: USNM 10494, a mandible (Portion of a right lower jaw lacking the Iast molar)
Distribution:
• Blancan of Mexico (2 collections), United States (7: Arizona, Kansas, New Mexico, Texas)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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