Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combinations: Calomys (Bensonomys) stirtoni, Calomys stirtoni, Cimmaronomys stirtoni
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard. 1953. The Saw Rock Canyon fauna [Kansas] and its stratigraphic significance. Papers of the Michigan Academy of Science, Arts, and Letters 38:387-411
Belongs to Bensonomys according to T. S. Kelly 2007
See also Baskin 1978, Dalquest 1980, Hibbard 1953 and Martin et al. 2002
Sister taxa: Bensonomys arizonae, Bensonomys baskini, Bensonomys coffeyi, Bensonomys elachys, Bensonomys eliasi, Bensonomys gidleyi, Bensonomys hershkovitzi, Bensonomys lindsayi, Bensonomys meadensis, Bensonomys yazhi, Calomys (Bensonomys) coffeyi, Calomys (Bensonomys) winklerorum, Oryzomys pliocaenicus
Type specimen: Holotype:no. 28173. Paratype: no.28174, a mandible (m1-m3). Its type locality is Saw Rock Canyon (Lower), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Saw Rock Canyon (Lower)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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