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Myospalacinae

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Myospalacinae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Muroidea by Steppan et al. (2004).

Subtaxa
Myospalax

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Myospalacinae Steppan et al. p. 547

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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
subfamilyMyospalacinae
subfamilyMyospalacinae

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.

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G. Myospalax Laxmann 1773 [zokor]
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: Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.781 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Shaanxi) Myospalax arvicolinus (36830) Myospalax chaoyatseni, Myospalax tingi, Myospalax sp. (36831)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Shaanxi) Myospalax fontanieri (37203) Myospalax tingi, Myospalax fontanieri (37204)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117China (Liaoyang) Myospalax fontanieri (34667)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Shaanxi) Myospalax fontanieri (36833) Myospalax hsuchiapinensis (36832)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kazakhstan Myospalax myospalax (40497)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117China (Shaanxi) Myospalax fontanieri (36834)