Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Kowalskia polonica
Full reference: V. Fahlbusch. 1969. Pliozane und Pleistozane Cricetinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) aus Polen. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia 14(5):99-138
Belongs to Neocricetodon according to M. Freudenthal et al. 1998
Sister taxa: Neocricetodon ambarrensis, Neocricetodon fahlbuschi, Neocricetodon lavocati, Neocricetodon occidentalis, Neocricetodon sesae, Neocricetodon skofleki, Kowalskia zhengi, Kowalskia intermedia, Kowalskia nestori, Kowalskia similis, Kowalskia yinanensis, Kowalskia magna, Kowalskia moldavica, Kowalskia browni, Kowalskia gansunica
Type specimen: ISZK MF/822/1, a mandible (sin. with i, m1-m3). Its type locality is Podlesice, which is in a MN 14 cave breccia in Poland.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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