Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
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 V. Fahlbusch 1964
Sister taxa: Copemys barstowensis, Copemys esmeraldensis, Copemys lindsayi, Copemys longidens, Copemys loxodon, Copemys pagei, Copemys pisinnus, Copemys russelli, Copemys shotwelli, Copemys tenuis, Democricetodon fejfari, Democricetodon gaillardi, Democricetodon khani, Democricetodon crassus, Democricetodon haltmari, Democricetodon vindoboniensis, Democricetodon mutilus, Democricetodon romieviensis, Democricetodon minor, Democricetodon freisingensis, Democricetodon sulcatus, Democricetodon franconicus, Democricetodon kaonou, Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon affinis, Democricetodon brevis
Type specimen: Slg. München 1952 XIV 287, a mandible (right lower jaw,).
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Germany (1 collection)
• Miocene of Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.