Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Kowalskia fahlbuschi
Full reference: F. Bachmayer and R. W. Wilson. 1970. Die Fauna der altpliozänen Höhlen- und Spaltenfüllungen bei Kohfidisch, Burgenland (Österreich)- Small Mammals (Insectivora, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from the Kohfidisch Fissures of Burgenland, Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 74:533-587
Belongs to Neocricetodon according to M. Freudenthal et al. 1998
See also Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
Sister taxa: Neocricetodon ambarrensis, Neocricetodon lavocati, Neocricetodon occidentalis, Neocricetodon polonicus, Neocricetodon sesae, Neocricetodon skofleki, Kowalskia yinanensis, Kowalskia moldavica, Kowalskia nestori, Kowalskia similis, Kowalskia gansunica, Kowalskia intermedia, Kowalskia magna, Kowalskia browni, Kowalskia zhengi
Type specimen: NHMW 1970/1393, a maxilla (sin. with M1-M3). Its type locality is Kohfidisch, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Austria.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Ukraine (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (2), France (1), Greece (1), Spain (6)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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