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Democricetodontinae
Taxonomy
Democricetodontini was named by Lindsay (1987). It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Lindsay (1987).
It was reranked as the subfamily Democricetodontinae by Theocharopoulos (2000) and López-Antoñanzas et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Lindsay (1987), Theocharopoulos (2000) and López-Antoñanzas et al. (2019).
It was reranked as the subfamily Democricetodontinae by Theocharopoulos (2000) and López-Antoñanzas et al. (2019).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by Lindsay (1987), Theocharopoulos (2000) and López-Antoñanzas et al. (2019).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1987 | Democricetodontini Lindsay |
2000 | Democricetodontinae Theocharopoulos |
2019 | Democricetodontinae López-Antoñanzas et al. |
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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.
Subfm. †Democricetodontinae Lindsay 1987
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G. †Karydomys Theocharopoulos 2000
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†Karydomys boskosi Theocharopoulos 2000
†Karydomys debruijni Maridet et al. 2011
†Karydomys dzerzhinskii Kordikova and de Bruijn 2001
†Karydomys strati López-Antoñanzas et al. 2019
†Karydomys symeonidisi Theocharopoulos 2000
†Karydomys wigharti Mörs and Kalthoff 2004
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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E. H. Lindsay 1987 | Democricetodonts are characterized by m1 having a wide and weakly bilobed anterocone (medial lobe much smaller than labial lobe); upper molars commonly have more than one loph directed and frequently joining the opposing cusp; posterior molars are slightly reduced in size esecially in the lower dentition. In addition, the longitudinal crest (mure) is very persistent and the mesoloph (mesolophid) is commonly present by short in all molars. |