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Megacricetodon rafaeli

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Megacricetodon rafaeli was named by Daams and Freudenthal (1988). Its type specimen is IVAU ARM7 1320, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Armantes, which is in a Miocene terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Megacricetodon rafaeli Daams and Freudenthal p. 87

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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()
speciesrafaeli

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.

Megacricetodon rafaeli Daams and Freudenthal 1988
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Daams and M. Freudenthal 1988A Megacricetodon species of medium size with a slightly split anterocone, a simple anteroconid, relatively long mesoloph(id)s, and wide posterosinus in M1 and M2.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: Miocene or 23.04000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Spain (Zaragoza) Megacricetodon rafaeli (type locality: 35875)