Raricricetodon Tong 1997 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: Y. Tong. 1997. Middle Eocene Small Mammals from Liguanqiao Basin of Henan Province and Yuanqu Basin of Shanxi Province, Central China. Palaeontologica Sinica, New Series C 26:1-256

Parent taxon: Pseudocricetodontinae according to O. Maridet and X. Ni 2013

See also de Bruijn et al. 2003, Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2010 and Tong 1997

Sister taxa: Adelomyarion, Cincamyarion, Edirnella, Heterocricetodon, Heterocricetodontini, Kerosinia, Latocricetodon, Lignitella, Oxynocricetodon, Pseudocricetodon, Ulaancricetodon

Subtaxa: Raricricetodon zhongtiaensis

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Type: Raricricetodon zhongtiaensis

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Lok. 7, Shang-Ho, Jen-Tsun, Mien-Chih-Hsien, Yuanqu basin (Eocene of China)

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