Atavocricetodon nanus Pelaez-Campomanes 1995 (mouse)

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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