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Cricetodon aliveriensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

Cricetodon aliveriensis was named by Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn (1988). It is not extant. Its type specimen is AMPG Al-542, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Aliveri, which is in a Burdigalian terrestrial horizon in Greece.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. affine, C. aguirrei, C. bourgeoisi, C. candirensis, C. collongensis, C. depereti, C. gaillardi, C. helveticum, C. helveticus, C. infralactorensis, C. lappi, C. quadratum, C. verteegi, C. wanhei, C. bourgeoisi, C. gaillardi

Entered

by L. van den Hoek Ostende on 2007-02-21

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1988	Cricetodon aliveriensis Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn p. 186 figs. Pl. 1, fig. 1

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()

Rank	Name	Author
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia
family	Cricetidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamily	Cricetodontinae	Stehlin and Schaub 1951
genus	Cricetodon	Lartet 1851
species	aliveriensis

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.

†Cricetodon aliveriensis Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn 1988

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
G. Klein Hofmeijer and H. de Bruijn 1988	Cricetodon aliveriensis is a small Cricetodon. The anterocone of the M1 consists of two cusps of about the same size. The anterior protolophule of the M1 is incomplete, but the posterior one is complete. The posterior parts of the ectoloph of M1 and M2 are either short and low or absent. A mesolophid is present in all lower molars. The m1 has a double metalophulid

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, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: MN 4 or 16.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Greece	Cricetodon aliveriensis (type locality: 68032)
MN 4	16.9 - 15.98	Greece (Thrace)	Cricetodon aliveriensis (69435)