Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: A. van de Weerd. 1979. Early Ruscinian rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the lignites near Ptolemais (Macedonia, Greece). Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen (Serie B) 82:127-170
Belongs to Mimomys according to A. van de Weerd 1979
Sister taxa: Mimomys dakotaensis, Mimomys occitanus, Mimomys panacaensis, Mimomys pliocaenicus, Mimomys virginianus, Cosomys primus, Ophiomys fricki, Ophiomys magilli, Ophiomys mcknighti, Ophiomys parvus, Ophiomys taylori, Cseria parkeri
Type specimen: IVAU, PT3 12 m1 sin., a tooth. Its type locality is Ptolemais 3, which is in a Ruscinian mire/swamp horizon in Greece.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Greece (4 collections), Turkey (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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