Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: J. Agusti, I. Casanovas-Vilar, and M. Furió. 2005. Rodents, insectivores and chiropterans (Mammalia) from the late Aragonian of Can Missert (Middle Miocene, Vallès-Penedès Basin, Spain). Geobios 38:575-583
Belongs to Hispanomys according to J. Agusti et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Cricetodon (Hispanomys) aragonensis, Cricetodon (Hispanomys) bijugatus, Cricetodon (Hispanomys) decedens, Cricetodon (Hispanomys) lusitanicus, Cricetodon (Hispanomys) nombrevillae, Hispanomys adroveri, Hispanomys dispectus, Hispanomys freudenthali, Hispanomys peralensis, Hispanomys thaleri
Type specimen: IPS 16444, a mandible (sin. with m1-m3). Its type locality is Can Missert, which is in a MN 7 + 8 alluvial fan horizon in Spain.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Can Missert
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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