Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combinations: Bensonomys meadensis, Calomys meadensis
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1956. Vertebrate fossils from the Meade Formation of southwestern Kansas. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 41(41):145-203
Belongs to Calomys (Bensonomys) according to J. A. Baskin 1978
See also Baskin 1986, Hibbard 1956, Korth 1994, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Martin et al. 2002
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) stirtoni, Calomys (Bensonomys) winklerorum, Calomys (Bensonomys) yazhi, Oryzomys pliocaenicus
Type specimen: UMMP 31981, a mandible (mandible dext with m1-m3). Its type locality is Sanders (UM-K2-53), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Ballard Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (4: California, Kansas, Nebraska collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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