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Lophocricetinae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Taxonomy
Lophocricetinae was named by Savinov (1970). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Dipodidae by Wessels et al. (2003).

Subtaxa
Heterosminthus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Lophocricetinae Savinov
2003Lophocricetinae Wessels et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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
subfamilyLophocricetinaeSavinov 1970
subfamilyLophocricetinaeSavinov 1970

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.

Subfm. †Lophocricetinae Savinov 1970
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G. †Heterosminthus Schaub 1930
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†Heterosminthus firmus Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000
†Heterosminthus gansus Zheng 1982
†Heterosminthus lanzhouensis Wang and Qiu 2000
†Heterosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001
†Heterosminthus mongoliensis Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000
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: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 27.30000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia Heterosminthus firmus (75602 176447 176448 182083 182143) Heterosminthus lanzhouensis (183913)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Heterosminthus firmus (182082)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04China (Gansu) Heterosminthus lanzhouensis (175252 175379 175380 175381 175382 175383)
MP 30 - MN 127.3 - 22.4Türkiye (Anatolia) Heterosminthus firmus (182505)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Heterosminthus firmus (180969)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98China (Xinjiang) Heterosminthus large sp., Heterosminthus small sp. (181068)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Mongolia Heterosminthus lanzhouensis (182087) Heterosminthus lanzhouensis, Heterosminthus firmus (182134)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Kazakhstan Heterosminthus firmus (64355)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mongolia Heterosminthus firmus (180966 180967 182089 187314) Heterosminthus mongoliensis (85060) Heterosminthus nanus, Heterosminthus firmus (180965 180975 182088)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Heterosminthus mongoliensis (135788)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98China (Gansu) Heterosminthus intermedius (175356)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333China (Gansu) Heterosminthus intermedius (237079) Heterosminthus orientalis (42540)
MN 320.0 - 16.9China (Xinjiang) Heterosminthus sp., Heterosminthus mongoliensis (125716)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Libya Heterosminthus sp. (77030)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Heterosminthus gansus (75600)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09China (Gansu) Heterosminthus simplicidens, Heterosminthus gansus (42675)