Howard Thomas Goodwin

Diverse Early Pleistocene ground squirrels from northeastern Nebraska including a new genus and species

Abstract Ground squirrels (Rodentia, Sciuridae, Xerinae, Marmotini) diversified on the central Great Plains of North America during the Pliocene and Early Pleistocene, likely associated with the emplacement of modern-type grasslands. This diversity of Pliocene–Early Pleistocene g...