†Pleurolicus dakotensis Wood 1936 (pocket gopher)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1936. Geomyid rodents from the Middle Tertiary. American Museum Novitates 866
Belongs to Pleurolicus according to W. W. Korth 1996
See also Wood 1936
Sister taxa: Pleurolicus compressus, Pleurolicus exiguus, Pleurolicus hemingfordensis, Pleurolicus mensae, Pleurolicus sellardsi, Pleurolicus sulcifrons
Type specimen: Its type locality is AMNH Rosebud 31, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in South Dakota
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota collection)
• Oligocene of United States (2: South Dakota)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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