Deperetomys magnus de Bruijn et al. 2013 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: H. de Bruijn, Z. Marković, and W. Wessels. 2013. Late Oligocene rodents from Banovići (Bosnia and Herzegovina). Palaeodiversity 6:63-105

Belongs to Deperetomys according to H. de Bruijn et al. 2013

Sister taxa: Cricetodon (Deperetomys) rhodanicus, Deperetomys anatolicus, Deperetomys calefactus, Deperetomys dingusi, Deperetomys hagni, Deperetomys intermedius, Deperetomys saltensis

Type specimen: BAN121, a tooth. Its type locality is Turija open-pit mine, which is in a MP 30 terrestrial claystone in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1 collection), Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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