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Bensonomys
Taxonomy
Bensonomys was named by Gazin (1942).
It was reranked as Calomys (Bensonomys) by Baskin (1978), Dalquest (1980), Baskin (1986), Czaplewski (1987), Carranza-Castañeda and Walton (1992) and Korth (1994).
It was assigned to Cricetinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Calomys by Baskin (1978), Dalquest (1980), Baskin (1986), Czaplewski (1987), Carranza-Castañeda and Walton (1992) and Korth (1994); to Sigmodontinae by Kelly (2007); and to Cricetidae by Gazin (1942) and Lindsay and Czaplewski (2011).
It was reranked as Calomys (Bensonomys) by Baskin (1978), Dalquest (1980), Baskin (1986), Czaplewski (1987), Carranza-Castañeda and Walton (1992) and Korth (1994).
It was assigned to Cricetinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Calomys by Baskin (1978), Dalquest (1980), Baskin (1986), Czaplewski (1987), Carranza-Castañeda and Walton (1992) and Korth (1994); to Sigmodontinae by Kelly (2007); and to Cricetidae by Gazin (1942) and Lindsay and Czaplewski (2011).
Species
B. coffeyi, B. hershkovitzi, B. 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
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1939 | Oryzomys pliocaenicus Hibbard |
1942 | Bensonomys Gazin p. 489 |
1978 | Calomys (Bensonomys) Baskin p. 126 |
1980 | Calomys (Bensonomys) Dalquest |
1980 | Bensonomys Kurten and Anderson p. 248 |
1980 | Bensonomys Reig |
1986 | Calomys (Bensonomys) Baskin |
1987 | Calomys (Bensonomys) Czaplewski |
1992 | Calomys (Bensonomys) Carranza-Castañeda and Walton p. 74 |
1994 | Calomys (Bensonomys) Korth |
2002 | Bensonomys Martin et al. |
2007 | Bensonomys Kelly p. 126 |
2011 | Bensonomys Lindsay and Czaplewski |
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G. †Bensonomys Gazin 1942
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†Bensonomys coffeyi Dalquest 1983
†Bensonomys hershkovitzi Martin et al. 2002
†Bensonomys lindsayi Kelly 2007
†Calomys (Bensonomys) arizonae Gidley 1922
†Calomys (Bensonomys) baskini Lindsay and Jacobs 1985
†Calomys (Bensonomys) elachys Lindsay and Jacobs 1985
†Calomys (Bensonomys) eliasi Hibbard 1937
†Calomys (Bensonomys) gidleyi Baskin 1978
†Calomys (Bensonomys) meadensis Hibbard 1956
†Calomys (Bensonomys) stirtoni Hibbard 1953
†Calomys (Bensonomys) winklerorum Carranza-Castañeda and Walton 1992
†Calomys (Bensonomys) yazhi Baskin 1978
Invalid names: Oryzomys pliocaenicus Hibbard 1939 [nomen dubium]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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C. L. Gazin 1942 | Generic characters.-Near Eligmodontia with knoblike process at anterior extremity of masseteric crest on lower jaw, last lower cheek tooth reduced, and sulcus between capsular and coronoid processes.
Removed from Eligmodontia in having deeper lower jaw, dorsa11y placed mental foramen closer to process at extremity of masseteric crest, more brachydont cheek teeth, notch on anterior lobe of first lower chook tooth better developed, lower incisor more procumbent. Genotype - Eligmodontia arizonae Gidley. |