Paracricetodon gracilis van de Weerd et al. 2018 (mouse)

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 spectabilis, Paracricetodon stojanovici, Paracricetodon walgeri, Paracricetodon wentgesi

Type specimen: Natural History Museum in Belgrade specimen VA-831, a tooth (Right M1). Its type locality is Valniš, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine claystone in Serbia and Montenegro.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Serbia and Montenegro (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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