Cricetodon albanensis Mein and Freudenthal 1971 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: P. Mein and M. Freudenthal. 1971. Une nouvelle classification des Cricetidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Tertiair de l'Europe. Scripta Geologica 2:1-37

Belongs to Cricetodon according to P. Mein and M. Freudenthal 1971

Sister taxa: Cricetodon (Cricetodon), Cricetodon (Pseudoruscinomys), Cricetodon aliveriensis, Cricetodon aureus, Cricetodon caucasicus, Cricetodon goklerensis, Cricetodon hungaricus, Cricetodon jotae, Cricetodon jumaensis, Cricetodon kasapligili, Cricetodon meini, Cricetodon sansaniensis, Cricetodon schaubii, Cricetodon tobieni, Cricetodon versteegi

Type specimen: FSL 65484, a maxilla (sin. with M1-M3). Its type locality is La Grive M, which is in a MN 7 + 8 fissure fill /limestone in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at La Grive M

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