Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: Z. Qiu and G. Storch. 2000. The early Pliocene Micromammalian Fauna of Bilike, Inner Mongolia, China (Mammalia: Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Rodentia, Lagomorpha). Senckenbergiana lethaea 80(1):173-229
Belongs to Kowalskia according to Z. Qiu and G. Storch 2000
Sister taxa: Neocricetodon ambarrensis, Neocricetodon fahlbuschi, Neocricetodon lavocati, Neocricetodon occidentalis, Neocricetodon polonicus, Neocricetodon sesae, Neocricetodon skofleki, Kowalskia gansunica, Kowalskia browni, Kowalskia yinanensis, Kowalskia similis, Kowalskia nestori, Kowalskia magna, Kowalskia moldavica, Kowalskia intermedia
Type specimen: IVPP V11917, a maxilla (sin. with M1, M2). Its type locality is Bilike, which is in a Pliocene lacustrine horizon in China.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Bilike
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