Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Eumys asiaticus
Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. Nine new rodents from the Oligocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 102:1-10
Belongs to Eucricetodon according to H. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012
See also Maridet et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Eucricetodon aquitanicus, Eucricetodon atavoides, Eucricetodon bagus, Eucricetodon caducus, Eucricetodon collatum, Eucricetodon deploratus, Eucricetodon dubius, Eucricetodon gerandianus, Eucricetodon haslachensis, Eucricetodon hochheimensis, Eucricetodon huberi, Eucricetodon huerzeleri, Eucricetodon infralactorensis, Eucricetodon jilantaiensis, Eucricetodon longidens, Eucricetodon margaritae, Eucricetodon martinensis, Eucricetodon moguntiacus, Eucricetodon nanoides, Eucricetodon occasionalis, Eucricetodon praecursor, Eucricetodon quercyi, Eucricetodon thezelensis, Eucricetodon wangae, Eucricetodon youngi
Type specimen: AMNH 19094, a maxilla
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of China (10 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (28)
Total: 39 collections each including a single occurrence
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