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Graphiurus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Graphiurus was named by Smuts (1832). It is extant. Its type is Graphiurus ocularis.

It was assigned to Dryomyinae by Daams and de Bruijn (1995); and to Gliridae by Montgelard et al. (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Graphiurus Smuts
1995Graphiurus Daams and de Bruijn p. 9
2002Graphiurus Montgelard et al. p. 228

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilyGliroideaMuirhead 1819
familyGliridaeMuirhead 1819
genusGraphiurusSmuts 1832

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Graphiurus Smuts 1832
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Graphiurus murinus Desmarest 1822
Graphiurus platyops Thomas 1897
Graphiurus saturatus Dollman 1910
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995Crowns of chcek teeth concave. with low main external cusps; the general arrangement in pattern evidently near Eliomys, but the ridges in most indistinct, and a general tendency towards simplification. The premolars are usually only moderately reduced; but in the type species are strongly reduced. (from Ellerman (1941), dental characteristics only)
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) G. sp. (59167)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa G. monardi (22339 22341 22353)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa G. sp. (22333 22334)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa G. murinus (21949)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.781 - 0.0117Kenya G. sp. (22272)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) G. murinus (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire G. hueti, G. murinus (21692)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Zambia G. murinus (21894)