Cricetulodon
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Cricetulodon is an extinct genus
of muroid rodent named in 1965. It lived from the Middle Aragonian to the late Turolian
. It is sometimes classified with its close relatives in the Cricetodon-Ruscinomys group, which lived in total for 17 million years from to approximately . It is the genus of the species Cricetulodon bugesiensis, Cricetulodon hartenbergeri, Cricetulodon lucentensis, Cricetulodon meini and Cricetulodon sabadellensis.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of muroid rodent named in 1965. It lived from the Middle Aragonian to the late Turolian
Turolian
The Turolian age is a period of geologic time within the Miocene used more specifically with European Land Mammal Ages. It precedes the Ruscinian age and follows the Vallesian age. The Turolian overlaps the Tortonian and Messinian ages....
. It is sometimes classified with its close relatives in the Cricetodon-Ruscinomys group, which lived in total for 17 million years from to approximately . It is the genus of the species Cricetulodon bugesiensis, Cricetulodon hartenbergeri, Cricetulodon lucentensis, Cricetulodon meini and Cricetulodon sabadellensis.
External links
- Cricetulodon at the Paleobiology Database