Tribe Thomomyini Russell 1968 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Parent taxon: Geomyinae according to S. T. Álvarez-Castañeda and C. A. Segura-Trujillo 2025

Sister taxa: Geomyini, Parapliosaccomys, Prothomomys

Subtaxa: Megascapheus Thomomys

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Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (3), United States (167: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, West Virginia)

• Blancan of United States (28: California, Idaho, Nebraska, Nevada, Washington)

• Hemphillian of United States (3: California, Nebraska)

• Miocene of United States (3: California)

Total: 208 collections including 222 occurrences

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