Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: H. de Bruijn, V. Fahlbusch, G. Saraç and E. Uenay. 1993. Early Miocene faunas from the eastern Mediterranean area. Part III. The genera Deperetomys and Cricetodon with a discussion of the evolutionary history of the Cricetodontini. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 96(2):151-216
Belongs to Cricetodon according to H. de Bruijn et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Cricetodon (Cricetodon), Cricetodon (Pseudoruscinomys), Cricetodon albanensis, Cricetodon aliveriensis, Cricetodon aureus, Cricetodon caucasicus, Cricetodon goklerensis, Cricetodon hungaricus, Cricetodon jotae, Cricetodon jumaensis, Cricetodon kasapligili, Cricetodon meini, Cricetodon sansaniensis, Cricetodon schaubii, Cricetodon tobieni
Type specimen: MTA, Ki 3A 222, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Kilcak 3A, which is in a Miocene lacustrine horizon in Turkey.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Turkey (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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