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Microtus chrotorrhinus (rock vole)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Arvicola chrotorrhinus Miller
1896Microtus chrotorrhinus Bangs
1898Microtus chrotorrhinus Bangs
1932Microtus chrotorrhinus Komarek
1980Microtus chrotorrhinus Kurten and Anderson p. 261
1981Microtus chrotorrhinus Hall
2006Microtus chrotorrhinus Galewski et al.

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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()
RankNameAuthor
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
subfamilyArvicolinae()
tribeArvicoliniGiebel 1855
genusMicrotusSchrank 1798
specieschrotorrhinus(Miller 1894)

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.

Microtus chrotorrhinus Miller 1894 [rock vole]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 12:44:05
Modified: 2012-05-14 21:44:05
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Samuels and Van Valkenburgh 2008, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 1.40000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Microtus chrotorrhinus (124319)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Maryland) Microtus chrotorrhinus (20302)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (West Virginia) Microtus chrotorrhinus (20554)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Virginia) Microtus chrotorrhinus (20388)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Microtus chrotorrhinus (82258 103991 104666 104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Microtus chrotorrhinus (93332 123868 124198 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Microtus chrotorrhinus (104034 104035 104672)