Cricetulodon Explained

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 to approximately .^[3]

The genus includes the following species:

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

Notes and 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 . amp . Evolution of hypsodonty in a cricetid (Rodentia) lineage: preliminary results using patch analysis . . 2010 . 30 . VIII . 247–252 .
3. Rodde J, Mein P . Scanning electron microscopy of molar enamel structure of cricetodontine neogene rodents . Arch. Oral Biol. . 33 . 10 . 749–59 . 1988 . 3075451 . 10.1016/0003-9969(88)90009-X.