Title
Relationships of the extinct rodent Cricetops to Lophiomys and the Cricetinae (Rodentia, Cricetidae)
Title Variants
Alternative:
Cricetops and Lophiomys
Related Titles
Series:
American Museum novitates, no. 2784
By
Wahlert, John H.
Type
Book
Material
Published material
Publication info
New York, N.Y, American Museum of Natural History, c1984
Notes
Title from caption.
"April 30, 1984."
"Cricetops, an extinct cricetid from the mid-Oligocene of Mongolia and Kazakhstan, and Lophiomys, a peculiar cricetid living in eastern Africa, share dorsoventral expansion of the jugal bone and enclosure of fossettids in the transverse crests of M[subscript 1]. They are proposed as each other's closest relative and inlcuded in the subfamily Lophiomyinae. Emphasis on transverse wear is hared by these genera and the living Cricetinae: Cricetulus, Phodopus, Mesocricetus, and Cricetus. The two subfamilies are considered closest relatives and placed in the muroid family Cricetidae. Cricetops and the living cricetines are chiefly northern Asiatic groups. Immigration to Africa from Asia is proposed for the ancestors of Lophiomys"--P. [1].
Subjects
Africa, EastvClassification
,
Classification
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Cricetops
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Hamsters
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Kazakhstan
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Lophiomys
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Mongolia
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Muridae
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Muridae, Fossil
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Oligocene
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Paleontology
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Rodents
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Rodents, Fossil
Call Number
QL1 .A436 no.2784, 1984
Language
English
Identifiers
OCLC:
10815779
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