Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Alternative combination: Plesiothomomys potomacensis
Full reference: J. W. Gidley and C. L. Gazin. 1933. New Mammalia in the Pleistocene fauna from Cumberland Cave. Journal of Mammology 14(4):343-357
Belongs to Thomomys according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Gidley and Gazin 1933
Sister taxa: Thomomys bottae, Thomomys bulbivorus, Thomomys carsonensis, Thomomys clusius, Thomomys gidleyi, Thomomys microdon, Thomomys monticola, Thomomys orientalis, Thomomys talpoides, Thomomys townsendii, Thomomys umbrinus
Type specimen: USNM 8166, a mandible. Its type locality is Cumberland Cave, which is in an Irvingtonian cave horizon in Maryland.
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (4: Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Virginia collections)
Total: 4 collections including 5 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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