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Megacricetodon hellenicus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Discussion

Paratypes: M1: IAUU AL-N-20512063, 2069; M2: IAUU AL-N-20712073, 20762078; m1: IAUU AL-N-20912093, 2097, 2098; m2: IAUU ALN-2101 2107, 21112114; m3: IAUU AL-N-2126.

Taxonomy
Megacricetodon hellenicus was named by Oliver and Peláez-Campomanes (2016). Its type specimen is IAUU AL-N-2096, a tooth (right m1), and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. bezianensis, M. germanicus, M. roussillonensis, M. schaubi, M. yenicekentensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2016Megacricetodon hellenicus Oliver and Peláez-Campomanes p. 212

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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()
specieshellenicus

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 hellenicus Oliver and Peláez-Campomanes 2016
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. Oliver and P. Peláez-Campomanes 2016Megacricetodon hellenicus sp. nov. differs from the medium- and large-sized group of Megacricetodon defined by Peláez-Campomanes and Daams (2002) by its significantly smaller dimensions.
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, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Greece Megacricetodon hellenicus (68032)