Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: H. de Bruijn, E. Unay, G. Sarac and A. Yïlmaz. 2003. A rodent assemblage from the Eo/Oligocene boundary interval near Süngülü, Lesser Caucasus, Turkey. Coloquios de Paleontología, Volumen Extraordinario 1:47-76
Parent taxon: Pappocricetodontinae according to H. de Bruijn et al. 2019
See also de Bruijn et al. 2003, Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2010, Gomes Rodrigues et al. 2012 and Maridet and Ni 2013
Sister taxa: Bustrania, Pappocricetodon
Subtaxa: Witenia europea Witenia flava Witenia fusca Witenia yolua
Type: Witenia flava
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of China (4 collections), Mongolia (2), Serbia (4)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Türkiye (1)
• Eocene of Serbia (1)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
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