Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Calomys (Bensonomys) winklerorum

Full reference: O. Carranza-Castañeda and A. H. Walton. 1992. Cricetid rodents from the Rancho El Ocote fauna, late Hemphillian (Pliocene), State of Guanajuato. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Geologia, Revista 10(1):71-93

Belongs to Bensonomys according to T. S. Kelly 2007

See also Carranza-Castañeda and Walton 1992

Sister taxa: 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, Oryzomys pliocaenicus

Type specimen: IGCU 7278, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Rancho El Ocote (Medial), which is in a Hemphillian channel claystone/sandstone in the Rancho Viejo Beds Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rancho El Ocote (Medial)

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