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Mystromys

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Nesomyidae

Taxonomy
Mystromys was named by Wagner (1841). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cricetodontinae by Baskin (1978); to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Mystromyinae by Steppan et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Mystromys Wagner
1978Mystromys Baskin p. 132
1997Mystromys McKenna and Bell
2004Mystromys Steppan et al. p. 535

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyNesomyidae
subfamilyMystromyinae
genusMystromysWagner 1841

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. Mystromys Wagner 1841
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) M. sp., M. darti, M. hausleitneri (59167)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6South Africa M. pocockei (22221)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa M. hausleitneri (22339) M. hausleitneri, M. sp. (22341 22353)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa M. hausleitneri, M. cookei (22333 22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774South Africa M. sp., M. hausleitneri (21824)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa M. albicaudatus (21915)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0South Africa M. albicaudatus (21949)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa M. albicaudatus (21961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Namaqualand) M. sp. (51187)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa M. albicaudatus (21896) M. sp. (21862)