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Apodemus lii

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy

Apodemus lii was named by Qiu and Storch (2000). Its type specimen is IVPP V11925, a tooth (M1 sup. sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Bilike, which is in a Pliocene lacustrine horizon in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. alsomyoides, A. argenteus, A. atavus, A. coronensis, A. dominans, A. draco, A. flavicollis, A. gorafensis, A. jeanteti, A. leptodus, A. levantinus, A. maastrichtiensis, A. mannu, A. maximus, A. peninsulae, A. sibiricus, A. speciosus, A. stavus, A. uralensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
2000	Apodemus lii Qiu and Storch p. 197

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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	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha

Rank	Name	Author
—	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
infraorder	Myodonta	Schaub 1958
superfamily	Muroidea	Illiger 1811
—	Eumuroida
family	Muridae	Illiger 1811
genus	Apodemus	Kaup 1829
species	lii

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.

†Apodemus lii Qiu and Storch 2000

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
Z. Qiu and G. Storch 2000	Rather small species with narrow teeth; well-developed t12 on M1,2; t7 of M1 and M2 connected with or closely approaching t4; M1 with Rhagapodemus-like occlusal pattern but not high-crowned; M2 scarcely four-rooted

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:

2005-08-26 13:15:11

Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum

References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	China (Nei Mongol)	Apodemus lii (type locality: 75300)