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Afrocricetodon
Taxonomy
Afrocricetodon was named by Lavocat (1973). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Afrocricetodontinae by Lavocat (1973); and to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Afrocricetodontinae by Lavocat (1973); and to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Afrocricetodon Lavocat p. 199 |
| 1997 | Afrocricetodon McKenna and Bell |
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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
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
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| R. Lavocat 1973 | Cricétodontes de grande taille, à région infra-orbitaire d'allure assez primitive, à orifice vaste. Les orifices palatins antérieurs sont longs, sans arriver pourtant comme dans Protarsomys
au niveau du bord antérieur de M1. Les caractères généraux des dents rapprochent celles-cides formes européennes plutôt oligocènes que miocènes. Ellles sont assezvoisines morphologiquement de Eucricetodon, mais de grande taille. De E. collatus elles se distinguent par leurs proportions un peu plus allongées, par les caractères du prélobe tant supérieur qu'inférieur, la faiblesseou le manque fréquent de netteté du mésolophe. On observe également des différences au premier lobe. Le prélobe les distingue d'autre part des dents de Protarsomys, d'ailleurs de très petite taille. |
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.45000 to 7.24600 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Uganda (Karamoja) | A. songhori (235581 235644 235646 235659 235662) | |
| Burdigalian | Kenya | A. songhori (27856 27857 27858 87341) | |
| Tortonian | Kenya | A. songhori (219711) |