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Apocricetus angustidens

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Cricetus angustidens was named by Depéret (1890). It is not extant. Its type specimen is MGHN Pp75, a maxilla (dext. with m1-m3). Its type locality is Batterie du Serrat d'en Vacquer, which is in a Pliocene fluvial siltstone/sandstone in France. It is the type species of Apocricetus.

It was recombined as Apocricetus angustidens by Freudenthal et al. (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. darderi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Cricetus angustidens Depéret
1998Apocricetus angustidens Freudenthal et al. p. 59

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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
subfamilyCricetinaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusApocricetus
speciesangustidens(Depéret 1890)

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.

†Apocricetus angustidens Depéret 1890
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Freudenthal et al. 1998Large Apocricetus; m1 with a crest-like anteroconid, that may show some vestigial subdivision. Mesolophid absent in m1, present though weak in about 50% of the m3. Anterior protolophule rarely present in M1, more frequent in M2, and present in about 33% of the M3. Posterior metalophule absent in all upper molars.
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, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Ruscinian or 3.60000 to 3.55000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Ruscinian5.333 - 3.55Spain (Granada) Apocricetus angustidens (26751)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Apocricetus angustidens (36014) Cricetus angustidens (type locality: 36103 36105)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Apocricetus angustidens (36985)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55France (Roussillon) Cricetus angustidens (35064)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Albacete) Cricetus angustidens (41943)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Aragon) Cricetus angustidens (32104)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Cricetus angustidens (32109)