Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative spelling: Calomys (Bensonomys)
Full reference: C. L. Gazin. 1942. The Late Cenozoic vertebrate faunas from the San Pedro Valley, Ariz. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 92:475-518
Parent taxon: Neotominae according to R. A. Martin et al. 2023
See also Baskin 1978, Baskin 1986, Carranza-Castañeda and Walton 1992, Dalquest 1980, Gazin 1942, Kelly 2007, Korth 1994, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lindsay 2008, Lindsay and Czaplewski 2011 and Martin et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Abelmoschomys, Antecalomys, Baiomyini, Basirepomys, Copemys, Neotomini, Ochrotomyini, Onychomyini, Paronychomys, Peromyscini, Postcopemys, Pseudomyscus, Reithrodontomyini, Tregomys
Subtaxa: Bensonomys arizonae Bensonomys baskini Bensonomys coffeyi Bensonomys elachys Bensonomys eliasi Bensonomys gidleyi Bensonomys hershkovitzi Bensonomys lindsayi Bensonomys meadensis Bensonomys stirtoni Bensonomys yazhi Calomys (Bensonomys) coffeyi Calomys (Bensonomys) winklerorum Oryzomys pliocaenicus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Arizona, California collections)
• Blancan of Mexico (1), United States (29: Arizona, California, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (3), United States (13: Arizona, California, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Texas)
Total: 48 collections including 54 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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