Apocricetus Freudenthal et al. 1998 (mouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Full reference: M. Freudenthal, P. Mein, and E. Martín-Suárez. 1998. Revision of Late Miocene and Pliocene Cricetinae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Spain and France. Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 7:11-93

Parent taxon: Cricetinae according to M. Freudenthal et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Collimys, Cricetini, Cricetinus, Cricetulodon, Cricetulus, Democricetodon, Leidymini, Mesocricetus, Neacomys, Neocricetodon, Peromyscini, Phodopus, Rotundomys, Symmetrodontomys

Subtaxa: Apocricetus alberti Apocricetus angustidens Apocricetus barrierei Apocricetus plinii

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Type: Cricetus angustidens

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of France (9 collections), Spain (5)

• MN 13 of Spain (2)

• Miocene of Italy (2), Spain (3)

Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence

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