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

Belongs to Neocricetodon according to M. Freudenthal et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Neocricetodon fahlbuschi, Neocricetodon grangeri, Neocricetodon lavocati, Neocricetodon occidentalis, Neocricetodon polonicus, Neocricetodon sesae, Neocricetodon skofleki, Kowalskia zhengi, Kowalskia similis, Kowalskia gansunica, Kowalskia yinanensis, Kowalskia magna, Kowalskia intermedia, Kowalskia nestori, Kowalskia browni, Kowalskia moldavica

Type specimen: FSL 65907, a tooth (m1 inf. sin.). Its type locality is Ambérieu, which is in a MN 10 terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore