geomyoid

geomyoid

(ˌdʒiːəʊˈmaɪɔɪd)
adj
(Animals) relating to burrowing rodents of the genus Geomys
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There are a large number of rodent taxa and other small mammals known from the Fleming Formation (Albright 1996; Schiebout & Ting 1998) and many of these taxa, including heteromyid and geomyoid rodents, burrow today.
Possible vertebrate burrows from the Miocene Fleming Formation near Huntsville, Walker County, Texas
All sites are Barstovian and the three most abundant categories of small mammals are the geomyoid, cricetid and heteromyid rodents.
A Heteromyid (11%) Cricetid (31%) Geomyoid (58%) Discovery Rodent Distribution (total 45) B Heteromyid (11.8%) Cricetid (28.6%) Geomyoid (59.6%) TVOR Rodent Distribution (total: 332) C Heteromyid (30%) Cricetid (20%) Geomyoid (50%) Gully Rodent Distribution (total: 10) D Heteromyid (20%) Cricetid (51.2%) Geomyoid (28.8%) Stonehenge Rodent Distribution (total: 80) Figure 3.
A new genus of geomyoid rodent from the Miocene of Texas and Panama.
The presumed ecology of geomyoids at both Fort Polk and the two Texas sites is less certain, because they may not be closely comparable to modern geomyoids.
The Fort Polk Miocene terrestrial microvertebrate sites compared to those from east Texas
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