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Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi was named by de Bruijn et al. (2003). Its type specimen is MTA Süngülü B 1104, a tooth (M1 sup. dext.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Süngülü, which is in an Eocene/Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Turkey.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cetinensis, E. collatus, E. collatus, E. murinus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi de Bruijn et al. p. 66 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 1`7

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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
subfamilyEucricetodontinae
genusEucricetodon
subgenusAtavocricetodon
specieskurthi

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.

†Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi de Bruijn et al. 2003
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. de Bruijn et al. 2003Small Atavocricetodon of roughly similar size as A. minusculus from Spain, A. leptaleos from China and A. paaliensis from Pakistan.
M1 plump with simple somewhat medially placed single anterocone. Anterior arm of protocone ending freely and protoloph confluent with the posterior arm of the protocone. Mesoloph (= anterior arm of hypocone) of medium length or long. Metaloph anteriorly directed and inserting on the antero-labial corner of the hypocone.
M2 with parallel, slightly forward directed protoloph and metaloph that connect lingually to the anterior arms of the protocone and hypocone. Mesoloph short or absent. Some specimens show an incipient protolophule 2.
m1 with a very low, small retracted anteroconid. Metalophulid 1 incomplete or absent, metalophulid 2 formed by the posterior arm of the protoconid. Mesoconid often present, freely ending posterior arm of the hypoconid present in m1, absent in m2 and m3. Hypolophid missing in the m3.