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Democricetodon freisingensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy

Democricetodon freisingensis was named by Fahlbusch (1964).

It was recombined as Democricetodon gaillardi freisingensis by Engesser (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. affinis, D. anatolicus, D. brevis, D. doukasi, D. franconicuus, D. gaillardi, 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
1964	Democricetodon freisingensis Fahlbusch
1972	Democricetodon gaillardi freisingensis Engesser

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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	freisingensis	Fahlbusch 1964

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 freisingensis Fahlbusch 1964

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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 20.45000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Miocene	23.04 - 5.333	Germany (Bayern)	Democricetodon gaillardi (48514)
Burdigalian - Langhian	20.45 - 13.82	France (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence)	Democricetodon freisingensis (37239)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Switzerland (Sankt Gallen)	Democricetodon gaillardi (46288)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Romania (Bihor)	Democricetodon freisingensis (200051)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Germany (Baden-Württemberg)	Democricetodon gaillardi (49520)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Switzerland (Thurgau)	Democricetodon gaillardi (46276)
MN 7 + 8	12.75 - 11.1	Switzerland (Neuchâtel)	Democricetodon freisingensis (49576)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Germany (Bavaria)	Democricetodon gaillardi (34256)