Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Synonyms: Grangerimus oregonensis Wood 1936, Pleurolicus copei Wood 1936, Pleurolicus diplophysus Cope 1881
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1878. On some of the characters of the Miocene fauna of Oregon. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 18(102):63-78
Belongs to Pleurolicus according to W. W. Korth 1996
See also Cope 1878, Gawne 1975, Hay 1902, Rensberger 1973, Wahlert and Souza 1988 and Wood 1936
Sister taxa: Pleurolicus compressus, Pleurolicus dakotensis, Pleurolicus exiguus, Pleurolicus hemingfordensis, Pleurolicus mensae, Pleurolicus sellardsi
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: New Mexico collection)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: South Dakota)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Nebraska, Oregon)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, Oregon)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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