Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative spelling: Cricetodon (Deperetomys)
Full reference: P. Mein and M. Freudenthal. 1971. Une nouvelle classification des Cricetidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Tertiair de l'Europe. Scripta Geologica 2:1-37
Parent taxon: Cricetodontinae according to R. A. Martin et al. 2023
See also de Bruijn et al. 1993, Maridet and Ni 2013, Marković et al. 2019, Mein and Freudenthal 1971 and Pickford et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Cricetodon, Cricetodontini, Fahlbuschiini, Hispanomys, Megacricetodon, Megacricetodontini, Mixocricetodon, Plesiodipus, Spanocricetodon
Subtaxa: Cricetodon (Deperetomys) rhodanicus Deperetomys anatolicus Deperetomys calefactus Deperetomys dingusi Deperetomys hagni Deperetomys intermedius Deperetomys magnus Deperetomys saltensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (2 collections), Greece (1), the Russian Federation (1), Switzerland (1), Turkey (7)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon)
• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2)
Total: 18 collections including 21 occurrences
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