Cricetodon tobieni de Bruijn et al. 1993 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: H. de Bruijn, V. Fahlbusch, G. SaraƧ 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 versteegi

Type specimen: MTA Hor1a-1, M1 sup sin., a tooth. Its type locality is Horlak 1a, which is in a MN 4 terrestrial horizon in Turkey.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Turkey (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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