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Sicista (birch mouse)
Taxonomy
Sicista was named by Gray (1827). It is extant. Its type is Mus subtilis.
It was assigned to Zapodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Zapodidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1827 | Sicista Gray |
| 1997 | Sicista McKenna and Bell |
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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. Sicista Gray 1827 [birch mouse]
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†Sicista praeloriger Kormos 1930
Sicista subtilis Pallas 1773 [southern birch mouse]
†Sicista wangi Qiu and Storch 2000
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (44 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Sicista sp., Sicista wangi (75300) | |
| Pliocene | Russian Federation (Western Transbaikalia) | Sicista pliocaenica (40391) | |
| Pliocene | China | Sicista sp. (13485) | |
| Villafranchian | Hungary (Barany) | Sicista praeloriger (35368) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Sicista subtilis (34783) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Sicista praeloriger (35442 35457 35459) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Romania | Sicista praeloriger (32145 32194 32195 32198 33973 33974 33975 34009 71662) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Sicista praeloriger (35428 35431 35432) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Sicista sp. (35905) | |
| Pleistocene | France (Cote d'Or) | Sicista sp. (49084) | |
| Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | Sicista subtilis (34765) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Sicista sp. (49999 50049) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) | Sicista praeloriger (35472) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Greece (Chios) | Sicista subtilis (204077) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Czechia | Sicista praeloriger (36214) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Sicista praeloriger (35463 35464 35465 35466 35467 35468 35469) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Niedersachsen) | Sicista sp. (50249) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Austria (Niederoesterreich) | Sicista sp. (50258) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Romania | Sicista praeloriger (34010) Sicista subtilis (40260) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | Hungary | Sicista subtilis (35045 35047 36706) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece | Sicista subtilis (203847) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Greece (Pella) | Sicista subtilis (204957) |