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Cricetodon jotae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Cricetodon jotae was named by Mein and Freudenthal (1971). Its type specimen is IPMC MA 983, a tooth (M1 sup, sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Manchones, which is in the Miocene of horizon Spain.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. affine, C. collongensis, C. gaillardi, C. helveticus, C. verteegi, C. wanhei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Cricetodon jotae Mein and Freudenthal pp. 9, 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyCricetodontinaeStehlin and Schaub 1951
genusCricetodonLartet 1851
speciesjotae

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.

†Cricetodon jotae Mein and Freudenthal 1971
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Mein and M. Freudenthal 1971Plus grand que C. meini; le métalophulide postérieur est plus rare que chez C. meini, le métalophulide antérieur par contre est plus fréquent; les ectolophes sont plus développés, mais aucune ectolophe ne forme une connection continue.