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Mystromyinae

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Nesomyidae

Taxonomy
Mystromyinae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Nesomyidae by Steppan et al. (2004).

Subtaxa
Mystromys

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Mystromyinae Steppan et al. p. 547

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyNesomyidae
subfamilyMystromyinae
subfamilyMystromyinae

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.

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G. Mystromys Wagner 1841
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) Mystromys sp., Mystromys darti, Mystromys hausleitneri (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa Mystromys pocockei (22221)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa Mystromys hausleitneri (22339) Mystromys hausleitneri, Mystromys sp. (22341 22353)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Mystromys hausleitneri, Mystromys cookei (22333 22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa Mystromys sp., Mystromys hausleitneri (21824)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Mystromys albicaudatus (21915)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa Mystromys albicaudatus (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Mystromys albicaudatus (21961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Namaqualand) Mystromys sp. (51187)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Mystromys albicaudatus (21896) Mystromys sp. (21862)