Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: A. van de Weerd, H. de Bruijn, Z. Marković and W. Wessels. 2018. Paracricetodontinae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the late Eocene and early Oligocene of south-east Serbia. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 98(3):489-508
Belongs to Paracricetodon according to A. van de Weerd et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Paracricetodon cadurcensis, Paracricetodon confluens, Paracricetodon dehmi, Paracricetodon gracilis, Paracricetodon spectabilis, Paracricetodon walgeri, Paracricetodon wentgesi
Type specimen: Natural History Museum in Belgrade specimen VA-668, a tooth (Right M1). Its type locality is Buštranje, which is in an Eocene terrestrial claystone in Serbia and Montenegro.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Serbia and Montenegro (6 collections)
• Eocene of Serbia and Montenegro (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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