Cricetulodon Temporal range: Miocene |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Genus: | 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] It is the genus of the species Cricetulodon bugesiensis, Cricetulodon hartenbergeri, Cricetulodon lucentensis, Cricetulodon meini and Cricetulodon sabadellensis.