Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Mirabella intermedia
Full reference: H. de Bruijn, E. Uenay, G. Saraç and G. Klein Hofmeijer. 1987. An unusual new eucricetodontine from the Lower Miocene of the Eastern Mediterranean. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 90(2):119-132
Belongs to Deperetomys according to H. de Bruijn et al. 1993
See also de Bruijn and Saraç 1992 and de Bruijn et al. 1987
Sister taxa: Cricetodon (Deperetomys) rhodanicus, Deperetomys anatolicus, Deperetomys calefactus, Deperetomys dingusi, Deperetomys hagni, Deperetomys magnus, Deperetomys saltensis
Type specimen: MTA unnumbered, a tooth (m1 inf dext.). Its type locality is Harami 1, which is in a Miocene lacustrine horizon in Turkey.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Turkey (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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