Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: H. de Bruijn and W. von Koenigswald. 1994. Early Miocene rodent faunas from the eastern Mediterranean area. Part V. The genus Enginia (Muroidea) with a discussion of the structure of the incisor enamel. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen 97(4):381-405
Belongs to Enginia according to H. de Bruijn and W. von Koenigswald 1994
Sister taxa: Enginia beckerplateni, Enginia gertcheki
Type specimen: MTA Ke-unnumbered, maxilla sin. with M1-M2, a maxilla. Its type locality is Keseköy, which is in a MN 3 lacustrine claystone/coal in Turkey.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Turkey (2 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Turkey (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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