Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: A. V. Lopatin. 1996. The Stratigraphy and Small Mammals from the Aral Formation, the Altynshokysu Locality, Northern Aral Area. Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 4(2):65-79
Belongs to Eucricetodon according to A. V. Lopatin 1996
Sister taxa: Eucricetodon aquitanicus, Eucricetodon asiaticus, Eucricetodon atavoides, Eucricetodon bagus, Eucricetodon caducus, Eucricetodon collatum, Eucricetodon deploratus, Eucricetodon dubius, Eucricetodon gerandianus, Eucricetodon haslachensis, Eucricetodon hochheimensis, Eucricetodon huberi, Eucricetodon huerzeleri, Eucricetodon infralactorensis, Eucricetodon jilantaiensis, Eucricetodon longidens, Eucricetodon margaritae, Eucricetodon martinensis, Eucricetodon moguntiacus, Eucricetodon nanoides, Eucricetodon praecursor, Eucricetodon quercyi, Eucricetodon thezelensis, Eucricetodon wangae, Eucricetodon youngi
Type specimen: PIN RAN, no. 4516-196, a mandible. Its type locality is Altynshokysu (bone bed IV), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Kazakhstan (3 collections), Mongolia (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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