Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative combination: Eucricetodon nanus
Full reference: P. Pelaez-Campomanes. 1995. Valdecollares: a rodent fauna from the lower Oligocene of the Loranca Basin (Cuenca, Spain). Proceedings Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 98(3):265-289
Belongs to Atavocricetodon according to M. Freudenthal 1996
See also Pelaez-Campomanes 1995
Sister taxa: Atavocricetodon atavoides, Atavocricetodon atavus, Atavocricetodon huberi, Atavocricetodon hugueneyae, Atavocricetodon minusculus, Atavocricetodon murinus, Atavocricetodon nanoides, Atavocricetodon paaliense, Atavocricetodon paaliensis, Eucricetodon (Atavocricetodon) kurthi
Type specimen: DPUCM VAL RQ065, a tooth (m1 inf. dext.).
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of France (10 collections), Spain (2)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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