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Dolomys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Dolomys was named by Nehring (1898). It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data
D. episcopalis, D. kretzoii, D. nehringi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1898Dolomys Nehring
1997Dolomys 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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusDolomysNehring 1898

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. †Dolomys Nehring 1898
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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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Ondatrini indet. (19461)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Dodecannese) D. sp., D. occitanus (184242)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') D. milleri, D. hungaricus (39409)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania (Oltenia) D. milleri (39418 39420)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) D. milleri (35359)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Kozani) D. nehringi (205081)
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) D. nehringi (35354)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Germany (Hessen) D. occitanus (68712)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Romania (Wallachia region) D. milleri (35999)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Romania (Wallachia Region) D. milleri (36000 36004 36005)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Austria (Lower Austria) D. sp. (167680)
Pleistocene - Neogene2.58 - 2.58Greece D. sp. (34607)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary D. episcopalis, D. kretzoii (39797)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Cote d'Or) D. episcopalis (49085)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Poland D. episcopalis, D. kretzoii (32485)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin region) D. lenki (36438 36439)