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Geomys jacobi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Geomys jacobi was named by Hibbard (1967). Its type locality is Rexroad KU Locality 3, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Geomys jacobi Hibbard

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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
speciesjacobi

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.

†Geomys jacobi Hibbard 1967
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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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Stein 2000, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range: Blancan or 4.90000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Kansas) Geomys jacobi (type locality: 19936 19940) Geomys quinni (19932)