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Cratogeomys bensoni

Mammalia - Rodentia - Geomyidae

Taxonomy
Cratogeomys bensoni was named by Gidley (1922). Its type specimen is USNM 10495, a mandible (A portion of a left lower j,aw carrying all teeth (incisors broken)), and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pappogeomys bensoni by Wilson and Reeder (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Cratogeomys bensoni Gidley p. 123 figs. Plate XXXIV , figures 9-11
1980Cratogeomys bensoni Kurten and Anderson p. 229
1993Cratogeomys bensoni DeWalt and et al.
1993Pappogeomys bensoni Wilson and Reeder
2000Cratogeomys bensoni Monterrubio et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyGeomyidaeBonaparte 1845
genusCratogeomysMerriam 1895
speciesbensoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cratogeomys bensoni Gidley 1922
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available