Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synonyms: Cricetodon (Pararuscinomys) Agustí 1980, Palaeocricetus Argyropulo 1938 [objective synonym], Pararuscinomys Agustí 1980, Turkomys Tobien 1978
Parent taxon: Cricetodontinae according to H. de Bruijn et al. 1993
See also Agustí 1980, Alroy 2002, de Bruijn 1976, Fahlbusch 1964, Maridet et al. 2011, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mein and Freudenthal 1971, Pickford et al. 2000 and Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005
Sister taxa: Cricetodontini, Deperetomys, Fahlbuschiini, Hispanomys, Megacricetodon, Megacricetodontini, Mixocricetodon, Plesiodipus, Spanocricetodon
Subtaxa: Cricetodon (Cricetodon) Cricetodon (Pseudoruscinomys) Cricetodon albanensis Cricetodon aliveriensis Cricetodon aureus Cricetodon caucasicus Cricetodon goklerensis Cricetodon hungaricus Cricetodon jotae Cricetodon jumaensis Cricetodon kasapligili Cricetodon meini Cricetodon sansaniensis Cricetodon schaubii Cricetodon tobieni Cricetodon versteegi
Type: Cricetodon sansaniensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection), China (5), France (9), Germany (18), Greece (6), Hungary (2), Morocco (1), Portugal (3), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (10), Switzerland (8), Turkey (12)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of Switzerland (1), Turkey (1)
Total: 82 collections including 106 occurrences
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