Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: L. Marivaux, M. Vianey-Liaud, and J.-L. Welcomme. 1999. Première découverte de Cricetidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) oligocènes dans le synclinal sud de Gandoï (Bugti Hills, Balouchistan, Pakistan). Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences-Series IIA-Earth and Planetary Science 329(11):839-844
Belongs to Pseudocricetodon according to Marivaux et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Pseudocricetodon adroveri, Pseudocricetodon heissigi, Pseudocricetodon incertus, Pseudocricetodon moguntiacus, Pseudocricetodon montalbanensis, Pseudocricetodon montalbensis, Pseudocricetodon philippi, Pseudocricetodon simplex, Pseudocricetodon thaleri, Allocricetodon cornelii
Type specimen: DBC 001, a tooth (M1). Its type locality is Paali Nala level C2 (DBC2), which is in an Oligocene fluvial-deltaic sandstone in the Chitarwata Formation of Pakistan.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Paali Nala level C2 (DBC2)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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