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Atavocricetodon nanoides

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Atavocricetodon nanoides was named by Freudenthal (1996). It is not extant. Its type specimen is DCTUZ OLA4-28, a tooth (m1 inf. sin.). Its type locality is Olalla 4A, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Atavocricetodon nanoides Freudenthal p. 13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
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
genusAtavocricetodon
speciesnanoides

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Atavocricetodon nanoides Freudenthal 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Freudenthal 1996Atavocricetodon of medium size; m1 with generally complete anterolophulid (75%) and metalophulid (75%); ectolophid generally oblique (75%); generally with ectomesolophid (60%); hypoconid hind arm generally present (75%). m2 with or without ectomesolophid (57% / 43%); hypoconid hind arm nearly always absent. m3 generally with ectomesolophid (80%). M1 rarely with complete anterolophule. M2 with high or low protocone-entoloph connection (50% / 50%); lingual border generally concave (65%). M3 with well-developed old entoloph (42% complete).