Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combinations: Cricetodon breve, Democricetodon minor brevis
Belongs to Democricetodon according to P. Mein and M. Freudenthal 1971
See also Fahlbusch 1964
Sister taxa: Democricetodon affinis, Democricetodon crassus, Democricetodon cretensis, Democricetodon franconicus, Democricetodon freisingensis, Democricetodon gaillardi, Democricetodon haltmari, Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon kaonou, Democricetodon khani, Democricetodon minor, Democricetodon mutilus, Democricetodon romieviensis, Democricetodon similis, Democricetodon sulcatus, Democricetodon vindoboniensis
Type specimen: NMB GA 83, a mandible (with m1-m3)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (3 collections), France (3), Germany (1), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (6)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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