Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: O. Carranza-Castañeda and A. H. Walton. 1992. Cricetid rodents from the Rancho El Ocote fauna, late Hemphillian (Pliocene), State of Guanajuato. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geologia, Revista 10(1):71-93

Belongs to Calomys (Bensonomys) according to O. Carranza-Castañeda and A. H. Walton 1992

Sister taxa: Bensonomys coffeyi, Bensonomys hershkovitzi, Bensonomys lindsayi, Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae, Calomys (Bensonomys) baskini, Calomys (Bensonomys) elachys, Calomys (Bensonomys) eliasi, Calomys (Bensonomys) gidleyi, Calomys (Bensonomys) meadensis, Calomys (Bensonomys) stirtoni, Calomys (Bensonomys) yazhi, Oryzomys pliocaenicus

Type specimen: IGCU 7278, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Rancho El Ocote (Medial), which is in a Hemphillian channel claystone/sandstone in the Rancho Viejo Beds Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rancho El Ocote (Medial)

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