Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: Y. Tong. 1992. Pappocricetodon, a pre-Oligocene cricetid genus (Rodentia) from Central China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica 30(1):1-16
Parent taxon: Pappocricetodontinae according to H. Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2010
See also de Bruijn et al. 2003, Li 2012, Tong 1992 and Tong 1997
Sister taxa: Bustrania, Witenia
Subtaxa: Pappocricetodon antiquus Pappocricetodon kazakstanicus Pappocricetodon neimongolensis Pappocricetodon rencunensis Pappocricetodon schaubi Pappocricetodon siziwangqiensis
Type: Pappocricetodon rencunensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of China (9), Kazakhstan (3)
Total: 13 collections including 17 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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