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Cricetops dormitor

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Cricetops dormitor was named by Matthew and Granger (1923). Its type specimen is AMNH 19054, a partial skeleton (Skull, lower jaw and forefoot), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Loh, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in the Hsanda Gol Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Cricetops.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. affinis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger

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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
subfamilyCricetopinae()
genusCricetops
speciesdormitor

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.

†Cricetops dormitor Matthew and Granger 1923
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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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 33.90000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Nei Mongol) Cricetops dormitor (175253 175386 175387 175814 175815)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia Cricetops dormitor (type locality: 53979 175168)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Cricetops dormitor (135791 175169 180953 180955 182131 187298 187301 201176 201191)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3China (Xinjiang) Cricetops dormitor (174978 180951 180952)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Nei Mongol) Cricetops dormitor (175408 175411)