Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combinations: Citellus bensoni, Spermophilus bensoni
Full reference: J. W. Gidley. 1922. Preliminary report on fossil vertebrates of the San Pedro Valley, Arizona, with descriptions of new species of Rodentia and Lagomorpha. Shorter contributions to general geology, 1922 131:119-131
Belongs to Citellus (Otospermophilus) according to M. D. Bryant 1945
See also Black 1963, Gidley 1922, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Shotwell 1968
Sister taxa: Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) fricki, Citellus (Otospermophilus) matthewi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) pattersoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) shotwelli, Otospermophilus beecheyi, Otospermophilus variegatus, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) boothi, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) cyanocittus, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) jerae
Type specimen: USNM 10531, a set of teeth (A first or second upper molar of the right side and a last upper molar of the left side)
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Blancan of United States (6: Arizona, California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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