†Pliogeomys buisi Hibbard 1954 (pocket gopher)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1954. A New Pliocene Vertebrate Fauna From Oklahoma. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 39:339-359
Belongs to Pliogeomys according to C. W. Hibbard 1954
Sister taxa: Pliogeomys parvus, Pliogeomys russelli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Buis Ranch, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in Oklahoma
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution: found only at Buis Ranch
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