Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae
Alternative combination: Pappogeomys 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 Cratogeomys according to J. W. Gidley 1922
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980, Monterrubio et al. 2000 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Cratogeomys castanops, Cratogeomys fumosus, Cratogeomys gymnurus, Cratogeomys merriami, Cratogeomys neglectus, Cratogeomys sansimonensis, Cratogeomys tylorhinus, Cratogeomys zinseri
Type specimen: USNM 10495, a mandible (A portion of a left lower j,aw carrying all teeth (incisors broken))
Ecology: fossorial browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (3: Arizona collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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