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 Democricetodon according to P. Joniak et al. 2017
Sister taxa: Copemys barstowensis, Copemys esmeraldensis, Copemys lindsayi, Copemys longidens, Copemys loxodon, Copemys pagei, Copemys pisinnus, Copemys russelli, Copemys shotwelli, Copemys tenuis, Democricetodon mutilus, Democricetodon minor, Democricetodon kaonou, Democricetodon sulcatus, Democricetodon fejfari, Democricetodon freisingensis, Democricetodon crassus, Democricetodon affinis, Democricetodon gaillardi, Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon brevis, Democricetodon franconicus, Democricetodon similis, Democricetodon khani, Democricetodon romieviensis, Democricetodon vindoboniensis
Type specimen: EUNMH PV15543, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Gökler, which is in a Miocene terrestrial lignite in Türkiye.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Gökler
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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