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Democricetodon gaillardi

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

Democricetodon gaillardi was named by Schaub (1925).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. affinis, D. anatolicus, D. brevis, D. doukasi, D. franconicuus, D. gregarius, D. hasznosensis, D. jordensi, D. kohatensis, D. larteti, D. medius, D. nemoralis, D. romievensis, D. schaubi, D. suensis, D. sui, D. vindobonensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Democricetodon gaillardi Schaub

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
class	Osteichthyes
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()

Rank	Name	Author
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Cladotheria
—	Zatheria
subclass	Tribosphenida	()
subclass	Theria
—	Eutheria	()
—	Placentalia
—	Boreoeutheria
—	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
—	Gliriformes	Wyss and Meng 1996
—	Glires	()
—	Simplicidentata	()
order	Rodentia	Bowdich 1821
family	Cricetidae	Fischer von Waldheim 1817
genus	Democricetodon
species	gaillardi	Schaub 1925

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.

†Democricetodon gaillardi Schaub 1925

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

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, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 16.90000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Spain (Zaragoza)	Democricetodon gaillardi (35875)
MN 4	16.9 - 15.98	Greece (Thrace)	Democricetodon gaillardi (69435)
Langhian - Serravallian	15.98 - 11.63	Poland (Silesia)	Democricetodon gaillardi (42588 42594)
MN 6	13.82 - 12.75	Switzerland (Zürich)	Democricetodon gaillardi (46240)
MN 6	13.82 - 12.75	Russian Federation (Stavropol)	Democricetodon gaillardi (56738)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Spain (Cataluña)	Democricetodon gaillardi (92640)
Vallesian	11.63 - 8.725	Spain (Zaragoza)	Democricetodon gaillardi (35880)