Spanocricetodon Li 1977 (mouse)

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

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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

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