Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: P. Mein and M. Freudenthal. 1971. Une nouvelle classification des Cricetidae (Mammalia, Rodentia) du Tertiair de l'Europe. Scripta Geologica 2:1-37
Belongs to Cricetodon according to P. Mein and M. Freudenthal 1971
Sister taxa: Cricetodon (Cricetodon), Cricetodon (Pseudoruscinomys), Cricetodon albanensis, Cricetodon aliveriensis, Cricetodon aureus, Cricetodon caucasicus, Cricetodon goklerensis, Cricetodon hungaricus, Cricetodon jumaensis, Cricetodon kasapligili, Cricetodon meini, Cricetodon sansaniensis, Cricetodon schaubii, Cricetodon tobieni, Cricetodon versteegi
Type specimen: IPMC MA 983, a tooth (M1 sup, sin.). Its type locality is Manchones, which is in the Miocene of horizon Spain.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Germany (5 collections), Portugal (2), Spain (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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