Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Melissiodontinae according to P. Mein and M. Freudenthal 1971
See also de Bruijn et al. 2003 and Maridet and Ni 2013
Sister taxon: Mogilia
Subtaxa: Melissiodon arambourgi Melissiodon bernlochensis Melissiodon chatticum Melissiodon dominans Melissiodon emmerichi Melissiodon quercyi Melissiodon schalki Melissiodon schaubi Melissiodon schlosseri Melissiodon schroderi
Type: Melissiodon quercyi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (7 collections), Germany (3), Spain (1), Switzerland (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Türkiye (1)
• Oligocene of France (5), Germany (3), Switzerland (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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