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Heterocricetodon landroveri

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Heterocricetodon landroveri was named by Daams et al. (1989). Its type specimen is MNCN PAJ 583, a tooth (left M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pareja, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial marl/sandstone in the Lower Detrital Formation of Spain.

It was recombined as Allocricetodon landroveri by Freudenthal (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Heterocricetodon landroveri Daams et al.
1994Allocricetodon landroveri Freudenthal p. 29
1999Heterocricetodon landroveri Alvarez Sierra et al. p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyPseudocricetodontinaeEngesser 1987
genusHeterocricetodonSchaub 1925
specieslandroveri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Heterocricetodon landroveri Daams et al. 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Late/Upper Oligocene or 28.40000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Spain (Teruel) Allocricetodon landroveri (31017 31018 31019)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Spain (Guadalajara) Heterocricetodon landroveri (type locality: 193776)