Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

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Derivation of name: From stratus, Latinized form of stratos (Greek: ), genitive. In honour of Stratos Asmanis in recognition of his warmhearted hospitality during our work in the Michalos pit.

Full reference: R. López-Antoñanzas, P. Peláez-Campomanes, J. Prieto and F. Knoll. 2019. New species of Karydomys (Rodentia) from the Miocene of Chios Island (Greece) and phylogenetic relationships of this rare democricetodontine genus. Palaeontology 5(1):33-45

Belongs to Karydomys according to R. López-Antoñanzas et al. 2019

Sister taxa: Karydomys boskosi, Karydomys debruijni, Karydomys dzerzhinskii, Karydomys symeonidisi, Karydomys wigharti

Type specimen: UM Thy 0–30, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Michalos, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Greece.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Michalos

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