Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Originally described as a subspecies of Democricetodon affinis. Here it is added as a species name (see principle of Coordination)
Full reference: H. de Bruijn and J. E. Meulenkamp. 1972. Late Miocene rodents from the Pandanassa formation (prov. Rethymnon), Crete, Greece. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 75(1):54-60
Belongs to Democricetodon according to H. de Bruijn and J. E. Meulenkamp 1972
Sister taxa: Democricetodon affinis, Democricetodon brevis, Democricetodon crassus, Democricetodon franconicus, Democricetodon freisingensis, Democricetodon gaillardi, Democricetodon haltmari, Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon kaonou, Democricetodon khani, Democricetodon minor, Democricetodon mutilus, Democricetodon romieviensis, Democricetodon similis, Democricetodon sulcatus, Democricetodon vindoboniensis
Type specimen: PL 23, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Plakias, which is in a Miocene terrestrial claystone in Greece.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Plakias
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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