Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Democricetodon affinis mutilus
Full reference: V. Fahlbusch. 1964. Die Cricetiden (Mamm.) der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse Bayerns (Cricetids of the Upper Freshwater Molasse of Bavaria). Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften; mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse; Abhandlungen, neue Folge 118:1-136
Belongs to Democricetodon according to P. Mein and M. Freudenthal 1971
See also Fahlbusch 1964 and Lalaï 1986
Sister taxa: Copemys barstowensis, Copemys esmeraldensis, Copemys lindsayi, Copemys longidens, Copemys loxodon, Copemys pagei, Copemys pisinnus, Copemys russelli, Copemys shotwelli, Copemys tenuis, Democricetodon franconicus, Democricetodon sulcatus, Democricetodon kaonou, Democricetodon vindoboniensis, Democricetodon minor, Democricetodon fejfari, Democricetodon haltmari, Democricetodon crassus, Democricetodon khani, Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon gaillardi, Democricetodon brevis, Democricetodon romieviensis, Democricetodon affinis, Democricetodon freisingensis, Democricetodon similis
Type specimen: BSP 1951 XXVII 100, a tooth (m1 inf. sin.).
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (9 collections), Germany (28), Serbia (4), Switzerland (10)
Total: 51 collections each including a single occurrence
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