Atavocricetodon minusculus Freudenthal 1996 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: M. Freudenthal. 1996. The Early Oligocene rodent fauna of Olalla 4A (Teruel, Spain). Scripta Geologica 112:1-67

Belongs to Atavocricetodon according to M. Freudenthal 1996

Sister taxa: Atavocricetodon atavoides, Atavocricetodon atavus, Atavocricetodon huberi, Atavocricetodon hugueneyae, Atavocricetodon murinus, Atavocricetodon nanoides, Atavocricetodon nanus, Atavocricetodon paaliense, Atavocricetodon paaliensis, Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi

Type specimen: DCTUZ OLA4-48, a tooth (m1 inf. sin.). Its type locality is Olalla 4A, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Olalla 4A

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