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Byzantinia hellenicus
Taxonomy
Ruscinomys hellenicus was named by Freudenthal (1970). Its type specimen is AMNH 20766, a maxilla (right maxilla with M1-M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Samos Quarry 4, which is in a Messinian terrestrial horizon in Greece.
It was recombined as Byzantinia hellenicus by Black et al. (1980).
It was recombined as Byzantinia hellenicus by Black et al. (1980).
Entered
by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2008-03-01; modified by E. Vlachos on 2019-10-12
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1970 | Ruscinomys hellenicus Freudenthal |
| 1971 | Ruscinomys hellenicus Mein and Freudenthal |
| 1980 | Byzantinia hellenicus Black et al. |
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†Byzantinia hellenicus Freudenthal 1970
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| M. Freudenthal 1970 | Molars moderately hypsodont, with continuous longitudinal lophs; smaller than those of R. europaeus, about the size of R schaubi; the most characteristic feature is the relative length of M3, which, compared to the lengths of M1 and M2, is longer than it is in any of the known species of Ruscinomys or Cricetodon, sensu stricto. |