Byzantinia bayraktepensis Unay 1980 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: E. Unay. 1980. The Cricetodontini (Rodentia) from the Bayraktepe section (Canakkale, Turkey). Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen B 83(4):399-418

Belongs to Byzantinia according to E. Unay 1980

Sister taxa: Byzantinia dardanellensis, Byzantinia hellenicus, Byzantinia nikosi, Byzantinia ozansoyi, Byzantinia pikermiensis

Type specimen: BA1 22, a tooth. Its type locality is Bayraktepe I, which is in a Miocene floodplain horizon in the Bayraktepe Formation of Turkey.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Greece (1 collection), Turkey (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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