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Eucricetodon occasionalis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Eucricetodon occasionalis was named by Lopatin (1996). Its type specimen is PIN RAN, no. 4516-196, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Altynshokysu (bone bed IV), which is in an Oligocene terrestrial claystone in the Aral Formation of Kazakhstan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. cetinensis, E. collatus, E. collatus, E. infralactoriensis, E. jilantaniensis, E. murinus, E. quadratum, E. sajakensis
Entered
by P. Mannion on 2016-01-19; modified by P. Mannion on 2016-01-21

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Eucricetodon occasionalis Lopatin

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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()
orderRodentia
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyEucricetodontinae
genusEucricetodonThaler 1966
speciesoccasionalis

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.

†Eucricetodon occasionalis Lopatin 1996
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, 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 (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Eucricetodon occasionalis (175169 187262 201191)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Eucricetodon occasionalis (37205 175920 type locality: 175921)