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Murina

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Murina was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant.

It was assigned to Prensiculantia by Illiger (1811); and to Muridae by Gray (1825).

Subtaxa
Otomys
Species lacking formal opinion data
M. aurata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Murina Illiger p. 84
1825Murina Gray p. 341

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
familyMurina
familyMurina

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.

Fm. Murina Illiger 1811
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G. Otomys Cuvier 1824
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoref
Diet 2: insectivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:15:11
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa Otomys gracilis, Otomys sloggetti (22339 22341 22353)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa Otomys gracilis (22333 22334)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa Otomys gracilis (21824) Otomys sp. (21827)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Zambia Otomys angoniensis (68339)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Otomys angoniensis (21915) Otomys sp. (21931)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0South Africa Otomys laminatus, Otomys angoniensis (21949) Otomys saundersiae (21711)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa Otomys sp. (21961)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Tanzania Otomys kempi (22628) Otomys petteri (22617) Otomys sp. (22041 22064)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Kenya Otomys sp. (68020)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Zambia Otomys angoniensis (68340 68341 68342)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kenya Otomys angoniensis (22272)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa Otomys sp. (115225)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Rwanda Otomys sp. (129898)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa (N. Transraal) Otomys angoniensis (21693)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Kenya Otomys irroratus (21959) Otomys sp. (21933)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa Otomys irroratus (21896) Otomys sp. (21862 21930)