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
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