†Pseudomeriones Schaub 1934 (gerbil)
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Parent taxon: Gerbillinae according to K. Vasileiadou and I. A. Sylvestrou 2009
See also de Bruijn et al. 1970, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Sen 2001
Sister taxa: Epimeriones, Gerbillurus, Gerbillus, Meriones, Tatera
Subtaxa: Pseudomeriones abbreviatus Pseudomeriones latidens Pseudomeriones megistos Pseudomeriones pythagorasi
Type: Lophocricetus abbreviatus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Afghanistan (1 collection), China (2), Turkey (1)
• MN 13 of Greece (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (2)
• Miocene of Afghanistan (1), Greece (8), the Russian Federation (1), Turkey (2)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
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