Heterocricetodon landroveri Daams et al. 1989 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combination: Allocricetodon landroveri

Full reference: R. Daams, M. Freudenthal, J. J. Lacomba and M. A. Alvarez. 1989. Upper Oligocene micromammals from Pareja, Loranca Basin, prov. of Guadalajara, Spain. Scripta Geologica 89:27-56

Belongs to Heterocricetodon according to M. A. Alvarez Sierra et al. 1999

See also Freudenthal 1994

Sister taxa: Heterocricetodon gaimersheimensis, Heterocricetodon hausi, Heterocricetodon helbingi, Heterocricetodon schlosseri, Heterocricetodon serbicus, Heterocricetodon stehlini

Type specimen: MNCN PAJ 583, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Pareja, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial marl/sandstone in the Lower Detrital Formation of Spain.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Spain (4 collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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