New species of Nannocricetus found in Damiao of Nei Mongol

Friday, June 10, 2011 - 09:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

Dr. Zhang Zhao-Qun, Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and his colleagues, recently described a new cricetid species of Late Miocene, Nannocricetus wuae, from the locality of DM02, near the Damiao Village, Siziwangqi, Nei Mongol, China, as reported in the latest issue of Vertebrata PalAsiatica 2011.

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