Biology:Cricetulodon

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Short description: Extinct genus of rodents

Cricetulodon
Temporal range: 16–5 Ma
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Cricetulodon

Hartenberger, 1965

Cricetulodon is an extinct genus of muroid rodent named in 1965.[1] It lived from the Middle Aragonian to the late Turolian.[2] It is sometimes classified with its close relatives in the Cricetodon-Ruscinomys group, which lived in total for 17 million years from 20 million years ago to approximately 3 million years ago.[3]

The genus includes the following species:

  • Cricetulodon bugesiensis
  • Cricetulodon hartenbergeri
  • Cricetulodon lucentensis
  • Cricetulodon meini
  • Cricetulodon sabadellensis

References

  1. Hartenberger (1965) Bull.Soc.geol.Fr. (7) 7: 493.
  2. Silvia Pineda-Muñoz; Isaac Casanovas-Vilar; Daniel De Miguel; Aleksis Karme; Alistair R. Evans; Mikael Fortelius (2010). "Evolution of hypsodonty in a cricetid (Rodentia) lineage: preliminary results using patch analysis". Cidaris 30 (VIII): 247–252. http://www.aragosaurus.com/secciones/ejip/pub/Pineda-Munozetal2010-EJIP.pdf. 
  3. "Scanning electron microscopy of molar enamel structure of cricetodontine neogene rodents". Arch. Oral Biol. 33 (10): 749–59. 1988. doi:10.1016/0003-9969(88)90009-X. PMID 3075451. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1139890 entry