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Cricetodon aliveriensis

Mammalia - 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. collongensis, C. gaillardi, C. helveticus, C. verteegi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Cricetodon aliveriensis Klein Hofmeijer and de Bruijn p. 186

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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
speciesaliveriensis

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. Klein Hofmeijer and H. de Bruijn 1988Cricetodon 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