†Lignitella Unay-Bayraktar 1989 (rodent)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: E. Unay-Bayraktar. 1989. Rodents from the Middle Oligocene of Turkish Thrace. Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins, Special Publication 5:1-119
Parent taxon: Pseudocricetodontinae according to H. de Bruijn et al. 2003
Sister taxa: Adelomyarion, Cincamyarion, Edirnella, Heterocricetodon, Heterocricetodontini, Kerosinia, Latocricetodon, Oxynocricetodon, Pseudocricetodon, Raricricetodon, Ulaancricetodon
Subtaxa: Lignitella suemengeni
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Türkiye (1 collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Türkiye (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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