Tenudomys ridgeviewensis Korth and Branciforte 2007 (pocket gopher)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte. 2007. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Ridgeview local fauna, early-Early Arikareean (Late Oligocene) of western Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 76(3):177-201

Belongs to Tenudomys according to W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte 2007

Sister taxa: Tenudomys basilaris, Tenudomys bodei, Tenudomys dakotensis, Tenudomys macdonaldi, Tenudomys titanus

Type specimen: UNSM 130522, a tooth (right p4). Its type locality is Ridgeview, which is in a Geringian coarse channel fill conglomerate in Nebraska.

Ecology: fossorial browser

Distribution: found only at Ridgeview

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