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 R. A. Martin et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonomys coffeyi, 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) winklerorum, Calomys (Bensonomys) yazhi, 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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