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Geomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Geomys was named by Rafinesque (1817). It is extant. It is the type genus of Geomyidae.

It was assigned to Pseudotomina by Gray (1825); and to Geomyidae by Rafinesque (1817), Hay (1902), Kurten and Anderson (1980), McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Geomys Rafinesque
1825Geomys Gray p. 342
1902Geomys Hay p. 730
1944Parageomys Hibbard
1980Geomys Kurten and Anderson p. 227
1997Geomys McKenna and Bell
1997Parageomys McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
genusGeomysRafinesque 1817

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Geomys Rafinesque 1817
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†Geomys adamsi Hibbard 1967
†Geomys bisulcatus Marsh 1871
Geomys bursarius Shaw 1800 [plains pocket gopher]
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Invalid names: Geomys parvidens Gidley 1922 [synonym]
†Geomys carranzai Lindsay and Jacobs 1985
†Geomys jacobi Hibbard 1967
Geomys lutescens Merriam 1890
Geomys pinetis Rafinesque 1817 [southeastern pocket gopher]
†Geomys quinni McGrew 1944
†Geomys tobinensis Hibbard 1944
Invalid names: Parageomys Hibbard 1944 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 11:11:38
Modified: 2012-05-14 20:11:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Stein 2000, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barstovian to the top of the Holocene or 16.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (174 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barstovian - Clarendonian16.3 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) G. bisulcatus (230906)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7Mexico (Chihuahua) Pliogeomys carranzai (18755)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Indiana) G. adamsi (18320)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (New Mexico) G. sp. (19983 230461)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) G. jacobi (19936 19940) G. lutescens (19926) G. quinni (19929 19932) G. sp. (19930 19941 19942 19943 19944 19945 19946 19947 19949) G. tobinensis (19938) Nerterogeomys minor (19931) Pliogeomys sp. (19922)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) G. sp. (20023 20030 20033)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) G. sp. (19618 19629 19651 19653 19657)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) G. quinni (19959 19963 19964) G. sp. (19954 19955)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Colorado) G. sp. (19744)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (Kansas) G. sp. (19927)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) Pseudostoma bursarius (93526)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) G. bursarius (20165 20291 20295 20313 20390 20391 20516) G. sp. (20137 20168 20293 20352 20423 20424) G. tobinensis (20301 20383 20426 20427 20553 20567)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) G. bursarius (20318 20420 20530 20533) G. sp. (20451) G. tobinensis (20163 20164 20306 20413 20560 20568)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arizona) G. sp. (20340)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Iowa) G. sp. (20408 20556)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) G. sp. (20389)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Oklahoma) G. bursarius (20309) G. sp. (20157)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) G. sp. (20187)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Nebraska) G. bursarius (20143 20347 20348 20375 20500 20501) G. sp. (20154) G. tobinensis (20523)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Canada (Alberta) G. sp. (20529)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Florida) G. pinetis (20289 20351 20400 20402 20475 20520) Orthogeomys propinetis (20385)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Arkansas) G. parvidens (20290)
Irvingtonian - Rancholabrean1.4 - 0.014USA (Kansas) G. sp. (20492)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Colorado) G. sp. (20355 20356 20357 20358 20359 20360 20361 20363 20364 20365 20366 20367 20368 20369 20370 27669 27670 27673 27678 27680 27682 27686 27690 27691 27695)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Nebraska) G. bursarius, G. lutescens (34382)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Florida) G. pinetis (20491)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Colorado) G. bursarius (20617)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Indiana) G. bursarius (20600)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Missouri) G. sp. (93676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) G. bursarius (20586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Illinois) G. bursarius (93486)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) G. bursarius (93143) G. sp. (79582 93259)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) G. sp. (124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) G. bursarius (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) G. pinetis (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) G. pinetis (20638 74292 154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) G. sp. (225801)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Kansas) G. sp. (20605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) G. sp. (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Oklahoma) G. bursarius (74145) G. sp. (74144 93178)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) G. floridanus (154771) G. pinetis (20598 20608)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) G. sp. (85142)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) G. pinetis (20571 20572 20573 20592 20594 20595 20596 20597 20599 20616 20634 20636 20650 20651 20652 20653 79667)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) G. sp., G. bursarius (93332)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) G. bursarius (63429)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Missouri) G. sp. (63563 63564 63565 63566 63567 63568 63569 63570 63571)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (New Mexico) G. sp. (93378)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Texas) G. sp. (79584)