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Prospalax

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Prospalax was named by Mehely (1908). It is not extant.

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

Species
P. petteri
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. kretzoii, P. priscus, P. rumanus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Prospalax Mehely
1997Prospalax 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()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusProspalaxMehely 1908

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. †Prospalax Mehely 1908
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†Prospalax petteri Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
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: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 11 to the top of the MN 16 or 8.72500 to 2.24500 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) P. petteri (205341)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) P. petteri (37789)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) P. petteri (32649)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Tajikistan (Daraispon) P. sp. (34391)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Austria (Lower Austria) P. priscus (167717)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania P. priscus (40113)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Romania (Southern Moldavia) P. rumanus (39424)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) P. priscus (35359)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) P. kretzoii (43633)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Romania P. priscus (40796)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Kozani) P. priscus (205081)
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) P. priscus (35354)
MN 15 - MN 164.16 - 2.245Ukraine P. priscus (50943)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) P. sp. (199747)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Austria (Lower Austria) P. priscus (167680)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland P. priscus (33473)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Komaromesztergom) P. priscus (35373)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) P. priscus (35368 35369 35371)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Fejer) P. priscus (35374)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Slovakia P. priscus (41026 41027)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) P. priscus (35358 35370)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania P. priscus (32145)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary P. priscus (39797)