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Kritimys catreus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Mus catreus was named by Bate (1912). Its type specimen is BMNH, a mandible (right mandible with M1-M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sphinari Cave, which is in a Pleistocene/Pleistocene cave horizon in Greece.

It was recombined as Kritimys catreus by Kuss and Misonne (1968), Mayhew (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Mus catreus Bate
1968Kritimys catreus Kuss and Misonne
1977Kritimys catreus Mayhew

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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
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
genusKritimys
speciescatreus()

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.

Kritimys catreus Bate 1912
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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: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece Kritimys catreus (214621)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Greece (Crete) Kritimys catreus (204086 204087 204300) Mus catreus (204193)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Crete) Kritimys catreus (203950 204078 204079 204080 204082 204325)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Greece (Crete) Kritimys catreus (204192)