Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative spelling: Democricetodon (Megacricetodon)
Full reference: V. Fahlbusch. 1964. Die Cricetiden (Mamm.) der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse Bayerns (Cricetids of the Upper Freshwater Molasse of Bavaria). Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften; mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse; Abhandlungen, neue Folge 118:1-136
Parent taxon: Cricetodontinae according to A. Oliver and P. Peláez-Campomanes 2016
See also Fahlbusch 1964, Lalaï 1986, Maridet et al. 2011, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mein and Freudenthal 1971, Pickford et al. 2000, Qiu et al. 1981 and Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005
Sister taxa: Cricetodon, Cricetodontini, Deperetomys, Fahlbuschiini, Hispanomys, Megacricetodontini, Mixocricetodon, Plesiodipus, Spanocricetodon
Subtaxa: Megacricetodon (Collongomys) Megacricetodon (Megacricetodon) Megacricetodon andrewsi Megacricetodon bavaricus Megacricetodon beijiangensis Megacricetodon bourgeoisi Megacricetodon collongensis Megacricetodon crusafonti Megacricetodon debruijni Megacricetodon dzhungaricus Megacricetodon gregarius Megacricetodon hellenicus Megacricetodon ibericus Megacricetodon lopezae Megacricetodon minor Megacricetodon minutus Megacricetodon primitivus Megacricetodon pusillus Megacricetodon rafaeli Megacricetodon similis Megacricetodon sinensis Megacricetodon yei
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (10 collections), France (20), Germany (47), Greece (6), Hungary (2), Italy (1), Pakistan (4), Poland (1), Portugal (6), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (2), Spain (24), Switzerland (38), Turkey (4)
Total: 170 collections including 222 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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