Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1989. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Orellan (middle Oligocene) of Nebraska,. Los Angeles Museum of History, Science Series 33:31-46
Belongs to Tenudomys according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Korth 1989
Sister taxa: Tenudomys bodei, Tenudomys dakotensis, Tenudomys macdonaldi, Tenudomys ridgeviewensis, Tenudomys titanus
Type specimen: Its type locality is UNSM Sx-17 (Orella D), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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