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Microtinae

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Microtinae is a subfamily. It is extant. Its type is Microtus.

It was assigned to Muridae by Hay (1902); and to Cricetidae by Kurten and Anderson (1980).

Subtaxa
Fiber, Microtini, Microtoscoptini, Nebraskomys, Pliophenacomys, Predicrostonyx, Proneofiber, Sycium
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2018-05-11; modified by M. Carrano on 2019-09-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Microtinae Hay p. 728
1980Microtinae Kurten and Anderson p. 253

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
subfamilyMicrotinae
subfamilyMicrotinae

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. Microtinae
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G. †Fiber
Tr. Microtini Simpson 1945
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G. †Ogmodontomys Hibbard 1941
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†Ogmodontomys pipecreekensis Martin et al. 2002
†Ogmodontomys poaphagus Hibbard 1941
†Ogmodontomys sawrockensis Hibbard 1957
G. †Promimomys Kretzoi 1955
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†Promimomys mimus Shotwell 1956
G. †Propliophenacomys Martin 1975
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Tr. †Microtoscoptini Kretzoi 1955
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G. †Microtoscoptes Schaub 1934
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G. †Paramicrotoscoptes Martin 1975
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G. †Nebraskomys Hibbard 1957
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†Nebraskomys mcgrewi Hibbard 1957
†Nebraskomys rexroadensis Hibbard 1970
G. †Pliophenacomys Hibbard 1950
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†Pliophenacomys dixonensis Zakrzewski 1984
†Pliophenacomys finneyi Hibbard and Zakrzewski 1972
†Pliophenacomys koenigswaldi Martin et al. 2002
†Pliophenacomys meadensis Hibbard 1956
†Pliophenacomys osborni Martin 1972
†Pliophenacomys primaevus Hibbard 1937
†Pliophenacomys wilsoni Lindsay and Jacobs 1985
G. †Predicrostonyx Guthrie and Matthews, Jr. 1971
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†Predicrostonyx hopkinsi Guthrie and Matthews, Jr. 1971
G. †Proneofiber Hibbard and Dalquest 1973
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†Proneofiber guildayi Hibbard and Dalquest 1973
G. †Sycium
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, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Clarendonian to the top of the Holocene or 12.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 9.4 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Wyoming) Microtoscoptes disjunctus (18938)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) Goniodontomys disjunctus (19036)
Clarendonian - Hemphillian12.5 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Goniodontomys disjunctus (18326)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Idaho) Microtoscoptes hibbardi (19090)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) Microtoscoptes disjunctus (18806 18807 18935 18944) Prosomys mimus (18970)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Goniodontomys disjunctus, Paramicrotoscoptes hibbardi (18086) Paramicrotoscoptes hibbardi (18158 18225)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nebraska) Goniodontomys disjunctus, Prosomys mimus (35430) Prosomys mimus (18247)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Blancan9.4 - 1.4USA (Indiana) Ogmodontomys sp., Pliophenacomys sp. (18320)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Promimomys sp. (37789)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Kozani) Promimomys sp. (205093)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Türkiye (Eskişehir) Promimomys sp. (230652 230653)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Moldova Promimomys antiques, Promimomys moldavicus (198590)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Armenia (Shirak) Promimomys sp. (209755 241918 241923)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tajikistan Promimomys baschkirica (34394 34444)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Kyrgyzstan Promimomys stehlini (34438)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Tajikistan (Zulfi) Promimomys sp. (34434)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Microtinae indet. (35473)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Greece (Evvia) Promimomys sp. (205045)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Kozani) Promimomys cor (205083 205084 205087)
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Promimomys cor (35354)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Idaho) Mimomys meadensis, Pliophenacomys sp. (19917)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) Mimomys sawrockensis (19713 234637 234660)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4Mexico (Chihuahua) Pliophenacomys sp. (20069 20071)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Arizona) Mimomys poaphagus (19621) Pliophenacomys primaevus (19658) Pliophenacomys sp. (19624 19627 19629)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Wyoming) Mimomys meadensis (20066) Pliophenacomys primaevus, Mimomys meadensis (20065 20067)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Nebraska) Mimomys sp. (19955) Nebraskomys mcgrewi, Ogmodontomys poaphagus, Pliophenacomys primaevus (19963) Pliophenacomys osborni (19954 19964)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Texas) Ogmodontomys poaphagus (20060)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (Kansas) Nebraskomys mcgrewi, Ophiomys meadensis, Pliophenacomys osborni (19941) Nebraskomys mcgrewi, Pliophenacomys dixonensis (19930) Ogmodontomys poaphagus (19925 19926 19928 19929 19932 19935 19940) Ogmodontomys poaphagus, Nebraskomys sp. (19936) Ogmodontomys poaphagus, Pliophenacomys primaevus (19931) Ogmodontomys sawrockensis (19922) Ophiomys meadensis, Pliophenacomys osborni (19942 19943 19944) Pliophenacomys meadensis (19933 19938) Pliophenacomys osborni (19945 19946) Pliophenacomys primaevus (19934)
Blancan - Irvingtonian4.7 - 0.21USA (Idaho) Microtus sp. (20430)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ukraine Microtinae indet. (41049)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Canada (Yukon) Predicrostonyx sp. (74472)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ukraine (Rostovskaya Oblast') Microtinae indet. (41060)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (South Dakota) Pliophenacomys osborni (20389)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Texas) Microtinae indet. (20318 20420 20533) Proneofiber guildayi (20164)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Iowa) Microtus sp. (20556)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (California) Microtus sp. (20431)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Canada (Saskatchewan) Pliophenacomys osborni (20563)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Alaska) Predicrostonyx hopkinsi (20277)
Ionian0.774 - 0.129Germany (Bayern) Microtinae indet. (276686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Microtinae indet. (104033)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Microtinae indet. (228861)