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Megacricetodon germanicus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
M. andrewsi, M. bavaricus, M. beijiangensis, M. bourgeoisi, M. collongensis, M. crusafonti, M. debruijni (syn. M. freudenthali), M. dzhungaricus, M. gregarius, M. hellenicus, M. ibericus, M. lopezae, M. minor, M. minutus, M. primitivus, M. pusillus, M. rafaeli, M. similis, M. sinensis, M. yei
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. bezianensis, M. roussillonensis, M. schaubi, M. yenicekentensis

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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
genusMegacricetodon()
speciesgermanicus

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 15.98000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (Bayern) Megacricetodon germanicus (48493 48511)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Megacricetodon germanicus (201494 201495)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Megacricetodon germanicus (45613)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Megacricetodon germanicus (90354)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Zürich) Megacricetodon germanicus (46225 46229 46234)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Megacricetodon germanicus (44972 44973 44974 49519)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Megacricetodon germanicus (49418)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Megacricetodon germanicus (46285)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Megacricetodon germanicus (45611)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Megacricetodon germanicus (46278)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Megacricetodon gregarius (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Megacricetodon germanicus (46276 46277)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Romania (Bihor) Megacricetodon germanicus (200051)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Germany (Bayern) Megacricetodon germanicus (48476)