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Parasminthus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Taxonomy
Parasminthus was named by Bohlin (1946). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Zapodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dipodidae by Wang (2003) and Wang and Qiu (2004).

Species
P. asiaecentralis, P. debruijni, P. tangingoli
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. brevidens

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Parasminthus Bohlin
1997Parasminthus McKenna and Bell
2003Parasminthus Wang
2004Parasminthus Wang and Qiu p. 134

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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
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyDipodidaeWaterhouse 1842
genusParasminthusBohlin 1946

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. †Parasminthus Bohlin 1946
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†Parasminthus debruijni Lopatin 1999
†Parasminthus tangingoli Bohlin 1946
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:22:15
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Ningxia) P. asiaecentralis, P. tangingoli (182895)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Gansu) P. sp. (77998) P. tangingoli (182899)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Xinjiang) P. asiaecentralis, P. tangingoli (174978)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) P. asiaecentralis, P. tangingoli (175406)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Czech Republic P. sp. (91467)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia (Övörkhangai) P. asiaecentralis, P. tangingoli (180986) P. debruijni (182085) P. sp. (180983) P. tangingoli (182081)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) P. debruijni (37205 175921)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Nei Mongol) P. asiaecentralis, P. tangingoli (175407 175408 175409 175410 175411 175412)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia P. asiaecentralis, P. tangingoli, P. debruijni (75599) P. debruijni (75602) P. tangingoli (176447 180971 180972) P. tangingoli, P. debruijni (75588)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Gansu) P. asiaecentralis, P. tangingoli (175252 175380) P. sp. 1, P. asiaecentralis, P. tangingoli (175379 175382 175383) P. sp. 2, P. asiaecentralis, P. tangingoli (175381)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Ningxia) P. sp. (182886)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) P. brevidens (183123)