Lignitella Unay-Bayraktar 1989 (rodent)

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

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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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