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Lemmus
Taxonomy
Lemmus was named by Link (1795). It is extant.
It was assigned to Lemnina by Gray (1825); to Microtinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Cricetidae by Link (1795) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Arvicolinae by Seymour (2004); and to Lemmini by Galewski et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Lemnina by Gray (1825); to Microtinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Cricetidae by Link (1795) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Arvicolinae by Seymour (2004); and to Lemmini by Galewski et al. (2006).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1795 | Lemmus Link |
1825 | Lemnus Gray p. 342 |
1980 | Lemmus Kurten and Anderson p. 267 |
1997 | Lemmus McKenna and Bell |
2004 | Lemmus Seymour |
2006 | Lemmus Galewski 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.
G. Lemmus Link 1795
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Lemmus lemmus Linnaeus 1758 [Norway lemming]
Lemmus sibiricus Ognev 1947 [Siberian brown lemming]
Lemmus trimucronatus Richardson 1825 [brown lemming]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Villanyian to the top of the Holocene or 3.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma
Collections (48 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pliocene - Pleistocene | France (Midi-Pyrenees) | L. sp. (35076) | |
Villanyian | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | L. lemmus (35370) L. sp. (35358) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Canada (Yukon) | L. sp. (74472) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | L. sp. (35905) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | L. sp. (35428 35431) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Netherlands | L. sp. (189574) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | L. sp. (35457) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary | L. lemmus (39797) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | L. lemmus (32198 34008) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene | United Kingdom (England) | L. sp. (49997) | |
Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Wales) | L. lemmus (34940) | |
Pleistocene | Belgium | L. lemmus (34127) | |
Pleistocene | Germany (Baden-Wuerttemberg) | L. lemmus (50242) | |
Pleistocene | Poland | L. sp. (33874) | |
Irvingtonian | Canada (Yukon) | L. sibiricus (20434 20437 20438 20439 20483) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Alaska) | L. sibiricus (20277 20325) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | L. lemmus (49999) L. sp. (50196) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Bayern) | L. sp. (50260) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Romania | L. lemmus (34010) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Czech Republic | L. lemmus (36219) L. sp. (36216 36217 36218) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | L. obensis (48581) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Canada (Yukon) | L. sp. (74336) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Limousin region) | L. lemmus (36428 36437 36439) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Michigan) | L. sp. (70130) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Yukon) | L. sibiricus (20626) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | L. obensis (48587) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway | L. sp. (227461) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | L. sibiricus (93528) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Norway (Sunnmore) | L. lemmus (125317) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | L. sibiricus (228898) L. sp. (73706) | |
Holocene | Greenland | L. sp. (227728) | |
Holocene | Canada (Yukon) | L. sp. (228443) | |
Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | L. sp. (228921) |