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Cricetodon aureus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Cricetodon aureus was named by Mein and Freudenthal (1971). It is not extant. Its type specimen is Fac. des Sciences, Lyon VxC 328, a maxilla (Maxilla with M1-M2).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. affine, C. collongensis, C. gaillardi, C. helveticus, C. verteegi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Cricetodon aureus Mein and Freudenthal p. 26

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyCricetodontinaeStehlin and Schaub 1951
genusCricetodonLartet 1851
speciesaureusMein and Freudenthal 1971

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 aureus Mein and Freudenthal 1971
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
P. Mein and M. Freudenthal 1971Plus grande que C. meini; de la taille de C. sansaniensis Lartet, 1851. Les molaires inférieures ont deux racines; généralement le métaconide est relié au protoconide par une connection postérieure, parfois il existe une deuxième connection entre le métaconide et l'antéroconide, la connection postérieure ne manque presque jamais. Chez C. meini le pourcentage de m1 a connection postérieure est bien plus faible. Aux molaires supérieures l'antérocone de la M1 est simple ou bifide; l'ectolophe postérieur est absent ou court; le mésolophe est bien développé.