†Pliosaccomys higginsensis Dalquest and Patrick 1989 (pocket gopher)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: W. W. Dalquest and D. B. Patrick. 1989. Small Mammals from the Early and Medial Hemphillian of Texas, with Descriptions of a New Bat and Gopher. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9(1)
Belongs to Pliosaccomys according to W. W. Dalquest and D. B. Patrick 1989
Sister taxa: Pliosaccomys dubius, Pliosaccomys prowitteorum
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution: found only at Higgins Quarries ( of Texas)
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