Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger 1923 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: W. D. Matthew and W. Granger. 1923. Nine new rodents from the Oligocene of Mongolia. American Museum Novitates 102:1-10

Belongs to Cricetops according to Matthew and Granger 1923

Sister taxa: Cricetops auster, Cricetops caducus, Cricetops minor

Type specimen: AMNH 19054, a partial skeleton (Skull, lower jaw and forefoot). Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of China (10 collections), Mongolia (11)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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