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Cricetodon

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

Cricetodon was named by Lartet (1851). It is not extant. Its type is Cricetodon sansaniensis.

It was assigned to Cricetidae by Lartet (1851) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Cricetodontini by Mein and Freudenthal (1971), Pickford et al. (2000) and Vasileiadou and Koufos (2005); and to Cricetodontinae by Fahlbusch (1964), de Bruijn et al. (1993) and Maridet et al. (2011).

Species

C. (Cricetodon), C. (Pseudoruscinomys), C. albanensis, C. aliveriensis, C. aureus, C. caucasicus, C. goklerensis, C. hungaricus, C. jotae, C. jumaensis, C. kasapligili, C. meini, C. sansaniensis (type species), C. schaubii, C. tobieni, C. versteegi

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. affine, C. collongensis, C. gaillardi, C. helveticus, C. verteegi, C. wanhei

Synonyms

Palaeocricetus was named by Argyropulo (1938).

It was synonymized objectively with Cricetodon by de Bruijn (1976).
Turkomys was named by Tobien (1978). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cricetodon by de Bruijn et al. (1993).

It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Cricetodon (Pararuscinomys) was named by Agustí (1980).

It was synonymized subjectively with Cricetodon by de Bruijn et al. (1993).

It was assigned to Cricetodon by Agustí (1980).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1851	Cricetodon Lartet
1938	Palaeocricetus Argyropulo
1964	Cricetodon Fahlbusch p. 14
1971	Cricetodon Mein and Freudenthal pp. 6, 17
1978	Turkomys Tobien
1980	Cricetodon (Pararuscinomys) Agustí
1993	Cricetodon de Bruijn et al. p. 177
1997	Cricetodon McKenna and Bell
1997	Turkomys McKenna and Bell
2000	Cricetodon Pickford et al. p. 259
2005	Cricetodon Vasileiadou and Koufos p. 209
2011	Cricetodon Maridet et al. p. 447

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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	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	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

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.

G. †Cricetodon Lartet 1851

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Subg. †Cricetodon (Cricetodon) Lartet 1851

Subg. †Cricetodon (Pseudoruscinomys) Mein and Freudenthal 1971

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†Cricetodon (Pseudoruscinomys) lavocati Freudenthal 1966

†Cricetodon (Pseudoruscinomys) schaubi Villalta and Crusafont 1956

†Cricetodon albanensis Mein and Freudenthal 1971

†Cricetodon aliveriensis Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn 1988

†Cricetodon aureus Mein and Freudenthal 1971

†Cricetodon caucasicus Argyropulo 1938

†Cricetodon goklerensis Joniak et al. 2017

†Cricetodon hungaricus Kordos 1986

†Cricetodon jotae Mein and Freudenthal 1971

†Cricetodon jumaensis Rummel 2001

†Cricetodon kasapligili de Bruijn et al. 1993

†Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963

†Cricetodon sansaniensis Lartet 1851

†Cricetodon schaubii Zdansky 1930

†Cricetodon tobieni de Bruijn et al. 1993

†Cricetodon versteegi de Bruijn et al. 1993

Invalid names: Palaeocricetus Argyropulo 1938 [objective synonym], Pararuscinomys Agustí 1980 [synonym], Turkomys Tobien 1978 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
Lartet 1851	Rongeurs à dents mâchelières tuberculeuses dans le plan de celles de rats en même nombre: six a chaque mâchoire. Ces molaires sont moins compliquée de tubercules que celles des rats domestique. Elles se rapprochent davantage de celles des Hamsters, dont elles diffèrent cependant encore par un tubercule de moins aux molaires antérieures de l'une et de l'autre mâchoire. Le rapprochement plus intime avec le Hamster est également indiqué par l'existence d'un trou artériel au condyle externe de l'humérus, lequel manque dans nos rats domestiques.
V. Fahlbusch 1964	Haupthöcker voluminös und ziemlich hoch, Synklinalen meist schmal und tief. Unter Molaren: Außenbucht mehr oder minder nach hinten gebogen; Längsgrat mäßig lang bis kurz und longitudinal verlaufend oder gebogen; Vorderknospe des m1 kurz und klein. Obere Molaren: innenbucht merh oder minder nach vorne gebogen; Jochkanten stark rückwärts gebogen; Längsgrat wie an den unteren Molaren; Vorderknospe des M1 gefurcht.
P. Mein and M. Freudenthal 1971	Cricetodontini de taille moyenne à grande; les incisives supérieures sont lisses ou munies d'un faible sillon de type 'dipoidoide;' le M1 a quatre ou cinq racines; la racine postérieur de la M2 est simple ou bifide; la M1 a antérocône simple ou bifide; les molaires supérieures ont une tendance à développer des ectolophes; les M1 possèdent souvent des protostyles et parastyles; les molaires inférieures possèdent souvent des protostylides, ectostylides et ectomésolophides; la m1 est toujours munie d'une crête labiale descendant du sommet de l'anteroconide; les molaires sont brachyodontes ou hypsodontes, mais la hauteur de la couronne d'une dent peu usée dépasse pas la longeur des racines d'une dent usée.
J. Agustí 1980 (Cricetodon (Pararuscinomys))	Cricetodontini de gran talla. Ectolophos bien desarrolados. M3 non reducidos. Surco "dispodoide" en los incisivos superiores. Cuatro raices en los M1 superiores.
H. de Bruijn et al. 1993	Small, medium or large-sized Cricetodontinae with low-crowned cheek teeth. Cusps of cheek teeth "inflated". Anteroconid of m1 bearing a small rounded cusp. Majority of the m1 with double metalophid of metalophulid II only. Anterocone of M1 single or double. Labial branch of the anterolophid of the m2 incorporated in the metalophulid I. M1 and M2 with three or with four roots. Free posterior arm of the hypoconid absent in all lower molars. Occlusal surface of all cheek teeth worn flat in senile specimens.