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Sminthoides

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Taxonomy
Sminthoides was named by Schlosser (1924). It is not extant. Its type is Sminthoides fraudator.

It was assigned to Dipodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
S. fraudator (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Sminthoides Schlosser
1997Sminthoides McKenna and Bell

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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
genusSminthoidesSchlosser 1924

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.

G. †Sminthoides Schlosser 1924
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†Sminthoides fraudator Schlosser 1924
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, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) S. fraudator (75300)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58China S. fraudator (13485)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58China (Hebei) S. sp. (13486)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8China (Hebei) S. sp. (43208 43209 43210 43211 43213 43389 43395)