Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Alternative combination: Geomys paenebursarius
Full reference: W. S. Strain. 1966. Blancan mammalian fauna and Pleistocene formations, Hudspeth County, Texas. Texas Memorial Museum Bulletin 10:1-55
Belongs to Nerterogeomys according to W. W. Korth 1995
See also Czaplewski 1990, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Strain 1966 and Tomida 1987
Sister taxa: Nerterogeomys anzensis, Nerterogeomys garbanii, Nerterogeomys minor, Nerterogeomys persimilis, Nerterogeomys smithi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hudspeth (TMM 40240), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Fort Hancock Formation of Texas
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (6: New Mexico, Texas collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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