Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: R. A. Martin, H. T. Goodwin, and J. O. Farlow. 2002. Late Neogene (late Hemphillian) rodents from the Pipe Creek Sinkhole, Grant County, Indiana. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22(1):137-151
Belongs to Bensonomys according to T. S. Kelly 2007
See also Martin et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonomys arizonae, Bensonomys baskini, Bensonomys coffeyi, Bensonomys elachys, Bensonomys eliasi, Bensonomys gidleyi, Bensonomys lindsayi, Bensonomys meadensis, Bensonomys stirtoni, Bensonomys winklerorum, Bensonomys yazhi, Calomys (Bensonomys) coffeyi, Oryzomys pliocaenicus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pipe Creek Sinkhole, which is in a Hemphillian/Blancan terrestrial horizon in Indiana
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Pipe Creek Sinkhole
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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