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Megacricetodon primitivus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Megacricetodon primitivus Mein and Freudenthal

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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()
speciesprimitivus

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 primitivus Mein and Freudenthal 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the Langhian or 16.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Spain (Navarre) Megacricetodon primitivus (207107)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Greece Megacricetodon primitivus (68032)
MN 416.9 - 15.98France (Gers) Megacricetodon primitivus (69099)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Greece (Macedonia) Megacricetodon primitivus (73861)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Megacricetodon primitivus (180192)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Greece (Aegean) Megacricetodon primitivus (205389 205390)