Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Parent taxon: Geomyidae according to Wied-Neuwied 1839
See also Hay 1902, Hibbard 1955, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997, Schultz and Howard 1935 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Cratogeomys, Geomyinae, Geomys, Microdipodops, Mojavemys, Nerterogeomys, Orthogeomys, Pappogeomys, Phelosaccomys, Pleurolicus, Pliogeomys, Pliosaccomys, Progeomys, Reynoldsomys, Tenudomys, Zygogeomys
Subtaxa: Thomomys bottae Thomomys bulbivorus Thomomys carsonensis Thomomys clusius Thomomys gidleyi Thomomys microdon Thomomys monticola Thomomys orientalis Thomomys potomacensis Thomomys talpoides Thomomys townsendii Thomomys umbrinus
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (3), United States (162: 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: 203 collections including 214 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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