Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Full reference: W. J. Sinclair. 1905. New Mammalia from the Quaternary caves of California. University of California Publication Bulletin of the Department of Geology 4(7):145-161
Belongs to Thomomys according to Sinclair 1905
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Thomomys bottae, Thomomys bulbivorus, Thomomys carsonensis, Thomomys clusius, Thomomys gidleyi, Thomomys monticola, Thomomys orientalis, Thomomys potomacensis, Thomomys talpoides, Thomomys townsendii, Thomomys umbrinus
Type specimen: UCMP 5738, a partial skull. Its type locality is Potter Creek Cave, which is in a Pleistocene cave horizon in California.
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution: found only at Potter Creek Cave
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