Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: P. Joniak, P. Peláez-Campomanes, L. W. Hoek Ostende and B. Rojay. 2017. Early Miocene rodents of Gökler (Kazan Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey). Historical Biology 31(8):982-1007
Belongs to Cricetodon according to P. Joniak et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Cricetodon (Cricetodon), Cricetodon (Pseudoruscinomys), Cricetodon albanensis, Cricetodon aliveriensis, Cricetodon aureus, Cricetodon caucasicus, Cricetodon hungaricus, Cricetodon jotae, Cricetodon jumaensis, Cricetodon kasapligili, Cricetodon meini, Cricetodon sansaniensis, Cricetodon schaubii, Cricetodon tobieni, Cricetodon versteegi
Type specimen: EUNMH PV-15470, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Gökler, which is in a Miocene terrestrial lignite in Turkey.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Gökler
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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