†Pliogeomys russelli Korth 1995 (pocket gopher)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1995. Rodents from the Late Hemphillian (Latest Miocene), Sioux County, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 22:87-92
Belongs to Pliogeomys according to W. W. Korth 1995
Sister taxa: Pliogeomys buisi, Pliogeomys parvus
Type specimen: Its type locality is ZXBar, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Snake Creek Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution: found only at ZXBar
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