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Ellobius (mole-vole)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Ellobius was named by Fischer (1814). It is extant. Its type is Mus talpinus.

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

Species
E. talpinus
Species lacking formal opinion data
E. afganomys, E. atlanticus, E. fuscocapillus, E. pedorychus, E. tancrei, E. tsharynensis
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Alroy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Ellobius Fischer
1997Ellobius McKenna and Bell

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusEllobiusFischer 1814

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. Ellobius Fischer 1814 [mole-vole]
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Ellobius talpinus Pallas 1770
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: fossorialg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 11:07:22
Modified: 2012-05-14 20:07:22
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Stein 2000, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Villafranchian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.55000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Tajikistan Ellobius sp. (34394 34444)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Kazakhstan (Alma-Ata) Ellobius tsharynensis (11796)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Italy (Venetia) Ellobius sp. (50895)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Ukraine Ellobius sp. (41037)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Tajikistan Ellobius afganomys (34103)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Israel Ellobius pedorychus (39252)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Morocco Ellobius atlanticus (34331)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Algeria Ellobius fuscocapillus (22586 22587 22589 22590)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Algeria Ellobius fuscocapillus (22585)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation (Transbaikalia) Ellobius tancrei (38712)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Ellobius atlanticus (34330) Ellobius sp. (34287)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Israel (Mount Carmel) Ellobius pedorychus (11803)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Ukraine Ellobius talpinus (68298)