''Cricetulodon'' is an extinct
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
muroid rodent
The Muroidea are a large superfamily of rodents, including mice, rats, voles, hamsters, lemmings, gerbils, and many other relatives. Although the Muroidea originated in Eurasia, they occupy a vast variety of habitats on every continent except An ...
named in 1965. It lived from the Middle
Aragonian to the late
Turolian
The Turolian age is a period of geologic time (9.0–5.3 Ma) 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 Messinia ...
. It is sometimes classified with its close relatives in the ''
Cricetodon''-''
Ruscinomys'' group, which lived in total for 17 million years from to approximately .
The genus includes the following species:
* ''Cricetulodon bugesiensis''
* ''Cricetulodon hartenbergeri''
* ''Cricetulodon lucentensis''
* ''Cricetulodon meini''
* ''Cricetulodon sabadellensis''
References
External links
''Cricetulodon''at the Paleobiology Database
Cricetidae
Miocene rodents
Prehistoric mammals of Europe
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