Mesocricetus Nehring 1898 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Parent taxon: Cricetinae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson and Reeder 2005

Sister taxa: Apocricetus, Collimys, Cricetini, Cricetinus, Cricetulodon, Cricetulus, Democricetodon, Leidymini, Neacomys, Neocricetodon, Peromyscini, Phodopus, Rotundomys, Symmetrodontomys

Subtaxa: Mesocricetus auratus Mesocricetus primitivus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), Israel (1), Turkey (3)

• Pliocene of Turkey (1)

• MN 13 of Greece (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (3)

Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence

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