Pseudocricetodon heissigi Marković et al. 2019 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: Z. Marković, W. Wessels, A. A. Weerd and H. Bruijn. 2019. Pseudocricetodontinae (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Paleogene of south-east Serbia. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments

Belongs to Pseudocricetodon according to Z. Marković et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Pseudocricetodon adroveri, Pseudocricetodon incertus, Pseudocricetodon moguntiacus, Pseudocricetodon montalbanensis, Pseudocricetodon montalbensis, Pseudocricetodon nawabi, Pseudocricetodon philippi, Pseudocricetodon simplex, Pseudocricetodon thaleri, Allocricetodon cornelii

Type specimen: Strelac-3 026–173, a tooth. Its type locality is Strelac-3, which is in an Oligocene fluvial-lacustrine claystone in Serbia and Montenegro.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Serbia and Montenegro (4 collections)

• Eocene of Serbia and Montenegro (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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