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Taxonomy
Zapodidae was named by Coues (1875). It is extant. Its type is Zapus.
It was reranked as the subfamily Zapodinae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Dipodidae by Hay (1902); to Rodentia by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Dipodoidea by Wood (1958) and Carroll (1988).
It was reranked as the subfamily Zapodinae by Hay (1902).
It was assigned to Dipodidae by Hay (1902); to Rodentia by Kurten and Anderson (1980); and to Dipodoidea by Wood (1958) and Carroll (1988).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1875 | Zapodidae Coues |
| 1902 | Zapodinae Hay p. 732 |
| 1958 | Zapodidae Wood p. 172 |
| 1980 | Zapodidae Kurten and Anderson p. 270 |
| 1988 | Zapodidae Carroll |
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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.
Fm. Zapodidae Coues 1875 [jumping mouse]
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G. †Banyuesminthus Tong 1997
G. Eozapus Preble 1899
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Eozapus setchuanus Pousargues 1986
†Eozapus similis Fahlbusch 1992
Invalid names: Protozapus Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 [synonym]
G. †Gobiosminthus Huang 1992
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†Gobiosminthus lajeensis Li and Qiu 1980
†Gobiosminthus qiui Huang 1992
G. †Macrognathomys Hall 1930
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†Macrognathomys gemmacolis Green 1977
†Macrognathomys nanus Hall 1930
G. †Megasminthus Klingener 1966
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†Megasminthus gladiofex Green 1977
†Megasminthus tiheni Klingener 1966
G. †Primisminthus Tong 1997
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†Primisminthus jinus Tong 1997
†Primisminthus shanghenus Tong 1997
†Primisminthus yuenus Tong 1997
G. †Schaubeumys Wood 1935
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†Schaubeumys cartomylos Korth 1987
†Schaubeumys clivosus Galbreath 1953
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Invalid names: Plesiosminthus geringensis Martin 1974 [synonym]
†Schaubeumys galbreathi Wilson 1960
†Schaubeumys grangeri Wood 1935
†Schaubeumys sabrae Black 1958
G. †Shamosminthus Huang 1992
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†Shamosminthus sodovis Daxner-Höck 2001
†Shamosminthus tongi Huang 1992
†Shamosminthus xiningensis Li and Qiu 1980
G. Sicista Gray 1827 [birch mouse]
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†Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930
Sicista subtilis Pallas 1773 [southern birch mouse]
†Sicista wangi Qiu and Storch 2000
Subfm. †Sicistinae Allen 1901
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G. †Plesiosminthus Viret 1926
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†Plesiosminthus admyarion Comte 2000
†Plesiosminthus asiaticus Daxner-Höck and Wu 2003
†Plesiosminthus barsboldi Daxner-Höck and Wu 2003
†Plesiosminthus bavaricus Freudenberg 1941
†Plesiosminthus conjunctus Ziegler 1994
†Plesiosminthus fremdi Korth and Samuels 2015
†Plesiosminthus huangshuiensis Li and Qiu 1980
†Plesiosminthus margaritae Freudenthal and Martín-Suárez 2017
†Plesiosminthus meridionalis Comte 2000
†Plesiosminthus moniqueae Freudenthal and Martín-Suárez 2017
†Plesiosminthus moralesi Alvarez Sierra et al. 1996
†Plesiosminthus myarion Schaub 1930
†Plesiosminthus olzi Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
†Plesiosminthus promyarion Schaub 1930
†Plesiosminthus schaubi Viret 1926
†Plesiosminthus tereskentensis Lopatin 1999
†Plesiosminthus winistoerferi Engesser 1987
†Plesiosminthus xiningensis Li and Qiu 1980
G. †Sminthozapus Sulimski 1962
G. Zapus Coues 1876
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†Zapus adamsi Hibbard 1955
†Zapus burti Hibbard 1941
Zapus hudsonius Zimmermann 1780 [meadow jumping mouse]
Zapus princeps Allen 1893
†Zapus rinkeri Hibbard 1951
†Zapus sandersi Hibbard 1956
†Zapus sykesae Martin 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 46.2 Ma
Collections (270 total)
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| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Irdinmanhan | Kazakhstan | Aksyiromys dalos (177047 177048 177049) | |
| Sharamurunian | China (Henan) | Primisminthus jinus, Primisminthus shanghenus (41120) | |
| Sharamurunian | China (Shanxi) | Primisminthus jinus (41116) | |
| Bridgerian | USA (Nevada) | Elymys complexus (16218) | |
| Middle Eocene | Kazakhstan | Aksyiromys dalos (180518) | |
| Duchesnean | USA (California) | Zapodidae indet. (16813) | |
| Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Henan) | Primisminthus yuenus (174738) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Mongolia (Övörkhangai) | Shamosminthus sodovis (75595 135791 135792 135793 135803 135804 175169 180955 180956 180960 180962 180963 180964 182131 187263 187312 201191) Shamosminthus sp. (180961) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Gobiosminthus sp., Gobiosminthus qiui, Shamosminthus tongi (175406) Plesiosminthus tangingoli (174759) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Turkey | Shamosminthus sodovis (31604) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Mongolia | Shamosminthus sodovis (75601 175168) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | China (Xinjiang) | Plesiosminthus sp. (180951 180952) | |
| Rupelian | France (Vaucluse) | Plesiosminthus promyarion (183376) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | Zapodidae indet. (17317) | |
| Geringian | USA (Nebraska) | Plesiosminthus geringensis (17495) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Oregon) | Plesiosminthus clivosus (212628) | |
| Arikareean | USA (South Dakota) | Plesiosminthus grangeri (17731) | |
| Arikareean | USA (Montana) | Plesiosminthus sp. (17540 17543 17700) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Spain (La Rioja) | Plesiosminthus sp. (194887) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Serbia and Montenegro | Plesiosminthus schaubi (206015) | |