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Desmodillus
Taxonomy
Desmodillus was named by Thomas and Schwann (1904). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1904 | Desmodillus Thomas and Schwann |
| 1997 | Desmodillus 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. Desmodillus Thomas and Schwann 1904
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Mares 1993 | |||||
Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messinian - Piacenzian | South Africa (Cape) | D. sp. (59167) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | D. auricularis (21915) |