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Ganocricetodon
Taxonomy
Ganocricetodon was named by Qiu (2001). Its type is Ganocricetodon cheni.
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Qiu (2001).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Qiu (2001).
Species
G. cheni (type species)
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 2001 | Ganocricetodon Qiu p. 209 |
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Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| Z. Qiu 2001 | Characters of the new genus confine its comparisons to the small bunolophodont cricetids of the middle Miocene of the Old World. Ganocricetodon differs from Megacricetodon in having a deeper horizontal ramus, in molars being relatively short and wide without a clear postero--ectosinus in Ml, but with a simple and lophate anteroconid in ml. It is distinct from Democricetodon in having a bilobed anterocone and an undeveloped postero--ectosinus in Ml; from Spanocricetodon in having a bilobed anterocone, undeveloped postero--ectosinus in Ml, and a mesolophid in ml (Li, 1977; de Bruijn, 1981); from Paracricetulus in wider occlusal surface of molars and three-rooted upper molars, in having bilobed anterocone and undeveloped postero-ectosinus in M1, the presence of lophate anteroconid and mesolophid in ml; from Spanocricetodon in having relatively heavily built main cusps, without postero-ectosinus in M1, with double protolophs in M2 and a mesolophid in m1. |