Cricetodon goklerensis Joniak et al. 2017 (rodent)

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

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