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Cratogeomys

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Description

Cratogeomys is a genus of rodent in the family Geomyidae. It was previously considered a subgenus of Pappogeomys. All species are distributed in Mexico and the Southwest United States, with some species being found in both countries.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cratogeomys, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7261365	https://www.gbif.org/species/7261365
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41652	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41652

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : Cratogeomys

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
superfamily	Geomyoidea	Bonaparte 1845
family	Geomyidae	Bonaparte 1845
genus	Cratogeomys	Merriam 1895

Common Name

pocket gopher

Scientific Name

Cratogeomys Merriam, 1895

Name Published In

N. Amer. Fauna vol.8 p.150

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cratogeomys	genus	belongs to Geomyidae	stated without evidence	Merriam, 1895
Cratogeomys	genus	subjective synonym of Pappogeomys	stated without evidence	Hall, 1981
Cratogeomys	genus	belongs to Geomyidae	stated without evidence	Honeycutt and Williams, 1982
Cratogeomys	genus	subjective synonym of Pappogeomys	stated without evidence	Honacki et al., 1982
Cratogeomys	genus	belongs to Geomyidae	stated without evidence	Jones et al., 1986
Cratogeomys	genus	subjective synonym of Pappogeomys	stated without evidence	Wilson and Reeder, 1993
Cratogeomys	genus	belongs to Geomyidae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997
Cratogeomys	genus	subjective synonym of Pappogeomys	stated without evidence	Czaplewski et al., 1999
Cratogeomys	genus	belongs to Geomyidae	stated without evidence	Monterrubio et al., 2000

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

8 (80%)

First Recorded Appearance

4.90 - 1.80 Ma
Cenozoic

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

browser (based on Geomyidae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. R. Hall. 1981. The Mammals of North America

Common Name(s)

Pocket Gopher

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cratogeomys

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cratogeomys bensoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	4.90 Ma Pliocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene
Cratogeomys castanops species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Yellow-faced Pocket Gopher	7	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Cratogeomys fulvescens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cratogeomys fumosus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Smoky Pocket Gopher			0 Ma Extant
Cratogeomys goldmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cratogeomys fumosus fumosus subspecies	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Llano Pocket Gopher			0 Ma Extant
Cratogeomys merriami species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Merriam's Pocket Gopher	1	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Cratogeomys fumosus tylorhinus subspecies	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	QuerÃ©taro Pocket Gopher			0 Ma Extant
Cratogeomys perotensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cratogeomys planiceps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cratogeomys tylorhinus species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cratogeomys fumosus angustirostris subspecies	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	Zinser's Pocket Gopher			0 Ma Extant
Pappogeomys sansimonensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	4.90 Ma Pliocene	4.90 Ma Pliocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Craterogeomys J.A.Allen, 1895	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : *Craterogeomys*
Platygeomys Merriam, 1895-31	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Geomyidae : *Platygeomys*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1895	Cratogeomys Merriam
1895	Platygeomys Merriam
1935	Cratogeomys Schultz and Howard p. 280
1980	Cratogeomys Kurten and Anderson p. 229
1982	Cratogeomys Honeycutt and Williams
1986	Cratogeomys Jones and et al.
1993	Cratogeomys DeWalt and et al.
1997	Cratogeomys McKenna and Bell
2000	Cratogeomys Monterrubio et al.

References

Hall E. R. (1981) , The Mammals of North America, 1-1181

Schultz C. B., Howard E. B. (1935) The fauna of Burnet Cave, Guadalupe Mountains, New Mexico, Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 87, 273-298

Kurten B., Anderson E. (1980) , Pleistocene mammals of North America, 1-442

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Monterrubio T., Demastes J. W., et al (2000) Systematic Relationships of the Endangered Queretaro Pocket Gopher (Cratogeomys neglectus), Southwestern Naturalist 45 3, 249-252

Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Hafner, Mark S., Theresa A. Spradling, Jessica E. Light, David J. Hafner, and John R. Demboski, 2004: Systematic revision of pocket gophers of the Cratogeomys gymnurus species group. Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 85, no. 6. 1170-1183. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Hafner, David J., Mark S. Hafner, Gerald L. Hasty, Theresa A. Spradling, and James W. Demastes, 2008: Evolutionary relationships of pocket gophers. Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 89, no. 2. 190-208. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Hafner, Mark S., Jessica E. Light, David Hafner, Sara Brant, Theresa Spradling, and James Demastes, 2005: Cryptic species in the Mexican pocket gopher Cratogeomys merriami. Journal of Mammalogy, vol. 86, no. 6. 1095-1108. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

North Amer. Fauna, No. 8 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/DeBlase, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/DeBlase, 1982, PaleoDB - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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