Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: C. Li. 1977. Spanocricetodon, A new Miocene cricetodontine rodent from Fangshan, Nanjing. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 15(1):67-75
Parent taxon: Cricetodontinae according to C. Li 1977
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Cricetodon, Cricetodontini, Deperetomys, Fahlbuschiini, Hispanomys, Megacricetodon, Megacricetodontini, Mixocricetodon, Plesiodipus
Subtaxa: Spanocricetodon janvieri Spanocricetodon ningensis Spanocricetodon sinuosus
Type: Spanocricetodon ningensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (3 collections), Pakistan (7), Thailand (1), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (2), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of Turkey (2)
Total: 17 collections including 27 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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