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Adelomyarion

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Adelomyarion
Temporal range: Late Oligocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Genus: Adelomyarion
Hugueney, 1969
Type species
Adelomyarion vireti
Hugueney, 1969
Other species

Adelomyarion alberti Daams, 1989

Adelomyarion is an extinct genus of cricetid rodent that lived in Europe during the Chattian stage of the Oligocene epoch.[1][2]

Distribution

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Adelomyarion vireti, the type species of the genus, is known from Germany,[1] Switzerland,[3] France,[2] and Spain.[4] Adelomyarion alberti is known only from Spain.[5]

References

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  1. 1 2 "Adelomyarion vireti". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Adelomyarion". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  3. Bolliger, Thomas (20 November 2013). "Late Oligocene micromammal teeth (MP28/29) from the Lower Freshwater Molasse (USM) of Chrummorge (Lägern, N-Switzerland)". Swiss Journal of Geosciences. 106 (2): 147–159. doi:10.1007/s00015-013-0148-2. ISSN 1661-8726. Retrieved 14 August 2026 via Springer Nature Link.
  4. Cuenca, G.; Canudo, J. I. (1 January 1994). "Les micromammifères de l'Oligocène supérieur des calcaires de Hinojosa de Jarque (Montalban-Aliaga, Teruel, Espagne)". Geobios. 27 (3): 353–384. doi:10.1016/S0016-6995(94)80183-5. ISSN 0016-6995. Retrieved 14 August 2026 via Elsevier Science Direct.
  5. Daams, R. (1 January 1989). "The micromammal fauna from the upper Oligocene of Sayatón 6, Madrid Basin, Prov. of Guadalajara, Spain" (PDF). Scripta Geologica. 89: 57–69. ISSN 0375-7587. Retrieved 14 August 2026.