Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combinations: Citellus bensoni, Spermophilus 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 Citellus (Otospermophilus) according to M. D. Bryant 1945
See also Black 1963, Gidley 1922, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and Shotwell 1968
Sister taxa: Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi, Otospermophilus beecheyi, Otospermophilus variegatus
Type specimen: USNM 10531, a set of teeth (A first or second upper molar of the right side and a last upper molar of the left side)
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: California collection)
• Blancan of United States (6: Arizona, California)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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