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Cricetodon (Cricetodon)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

Cricetodon (Cricetodon) was named by Lartet (1851).

It was assigned to Cricetodon by Mein and Freudenthal (1971).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Cricetodon affine, Cricetodon collongensis, Cricetodon gaillardi, Cricetodon helveticus, Cricetodon verteegi, Cricetodon wanhei

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Cricetodon (Cricetodon) Lartet
1971	Cricetodon (Cricetodon) Mein and Freudenthal

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
family	Cricetidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Cricetodontinae	Stehlin and Schaub 1951
genus	Cricetodon	Lartet 1851
subgenus	Cricetodon	Lartet 1851

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Cricetodon (Cricetodon) Lartet 1851

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
P. Mein and M. Freudenthal 1971	Cricetodontini de taille moyen à grande; les incisives supérieures sons lisses; les ectolophes des molaires supérieures sont nuls ou faibles; les molaires sont brachyodontes; l'anterocône de M1 est simple ou bifide; La M1 a quatre racines; la m2 en a deux ou trois.