Geomys tyrioni

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Geomys tyrioni
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Geomyidae
Genus: Geomys
Species:
G. tyrioni
Binomial name
Geomys tyrioni
Martin, 2016

Geomys tyrioni is an extinct species of Geomys that lived in Kansas during the Early Pleistocene. [1]

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References

  1. Martin, Robert A. (9 June 2016). "Geomys tyrioni , a new species of early Pleistocene dwarf pocket gopher from the Meade Basin of southwestern Kansas". Journal of Mammalogy . 97 (3): 949–959. doi:10.1093/jmammal/gyw024. ISSN   0022-2372 . Retrieved 15 December 2024 via Oxford Academic.