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Dipodidae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Dipodidae Waterhouse
1883Dipodidae Flower p. 185
1891Dipodidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91
1898Dipodidae Gadow p. 44
1902Dipodidae Hay p. 732
1958Dipodidae Wood p. 172
1988Dipodidae Carroll
1991Dipodidae Nowak
1999Dipodidae Nowak
2002Dipodidae Montgelard et al. p. 229

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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
superfamilyDipodoideaFischer 1817
familyDipodidaeWaterhouse 1842
familyDipodidaeWaterhouse 1842

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. Dipodidae Waterhouse 1842
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G. Alactaga Cuvier 1838
G. Allactaga Cuvier 1836 [jerboa]
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†Allactaga fru Nesin and Kovalchuk 2017
Invalid names: Mus longipes Linnaeus 1758 [nomen dubium]
G. †Allosminthus Wang 1985
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†Allosminthus ernos Wang 1985
†Allosminthus khandae Daxner-Höck 2001
Invalid names: Tatalsminthus Daxner-Höck 2001 [synonym]
G. †Bohlinosminthus Lopatin 1999
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†Bohlinosminthus cubitalus Lopatin 1999
†Bohlinosminthus parvulus Bohlin 1946
†Bohlinosminthus quartus Shevyreva 1970
G. †Brachyscirtetes Schaub 1934
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†Brachyscirtetes robustus Savinov 1970
†Brachyscirtetes wimani Schlosser 1924
G. Dipus Zimmermann 1780
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Dipus sagitta Pallas 1773 [northern three-toed jerboa]
G. †Heosminthus Wang 1985
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†Heosminthus borrae Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
†Heosminthus chimidae Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
†Heosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001
†Heosminthus nomogenesis Li et al. 2016
†Heosminthus verus Wang 1985
G. Jaculus Erxleben 1777 [jerboa]
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Jaculus blanfordi Murray 1884 [Blanford's jerboa]
Jaculus gordoni Thomas 1911
Jaculus jaculus Linnaeus 1758 [lesser Egyptian jerboa]
G. †Litodonomys Wang and Qiu 2000
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†Litodonomys huangheensis Wang and Qiu 2000
†Litodonomys lajeensis Li and Qiu 1980
Subfm. †Lophocricetinae Savinov 1970
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G. †Heterosminthus Schaub 1930
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†Heterosminthus firmus Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000
†Heterosminthus gansus Zheng 1982
†Heterosminthus lanzhouensis Wang and Qiu 2000
†Heterosminthus minutus Daxner-Höck 2001
†Heterosminthus mongoliensis Zazhigin and Lopatin 2000
G. †Lophocricetus Schlosser 1924
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†Lophocricetus grabaui Schlosser 1924
†Lophocricetus pusillus Schaub 1934
G. †Onjosminthus Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
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†Onjosminthus baindi Daxner-Höck et al. 2014
G. †Paralactaga Young 1927
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†Paralactaga anderssoni Young 1927
†Paralactaga suni Teilhard de Jardin and Young 1927
G. †Parasminthus Bohlin 1946
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†Parasminthus debruijni Lopatin 1999
†Parasminthus tangingoli Bohlin 1946
G. †Proalactaga Savinov 1970
G. †Protalactaga Young 1929
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†Protalactaga sefriouii Benammi 1997
G. Pygeretmus Gloger 1841 [fat-tailed jerboa]
G. Salpingotus Vinogradov 1922 [pygmy jerboa]
G. †Sinosminthus Wang 1985
G. †Sinozapus Qiu and Storch 2000
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†Sinozapus volkeri Qiu and Storch 2000
G. †Sminthoides Schlosser 1924
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†Sminthoides fraudator Schlosser 1924
G. Stylodipus Allen 1925 [three-toed jerboa]
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†Stylodipus perfectus Zazhigin and Lopatin 2001
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
Comments: life habit and diet based on Nowak 1999; see also Mares 1993f
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:22:15
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Sharamurunian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (174 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Henan) Banyuesminthus uniconjugatus, Sinosminthus sp. (41120)
Sharamurunian56.0 - 37.71China (Shanxi) Banyuesminthus diconjugatus (41116)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Kazakhstan Allosminthus sp., Allosminthus ernos, Sinosminthus sp., Heosminthus primiveris (201016)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Allosminthus ernos, Allosminthus majusculus, Allosminthus diconjugatus (174913) Brachyscirtetes tomidai (174914)
Ulangochuian37.2 - 33.9China (Nei Mongol) Allosminthus ernos, Allosminthus majusculus, Allosminthus diconjugatus, Sinosminthus sp., Heosminthus nomogenesis (73811)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4Turkey (Ardahan) Heosminthus minutus (79072)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Serbia and Montenegro (Pirotska oblast ) Heosminthus borrae (196837 196838 196840) Heosminthus primiveris (204501)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan (Balochistan) Allosminthus sp. (78520)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Xinjiang) Tatalsminthus n. sp., Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli (174978)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Gansu) Parasminthus sp. (77998) Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus parvulus (182899)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Nei Mongol) Heosminthus sp. (34695) Heosminthus sp., Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Bohlinosminthus parvulus (175406)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Serbia and Montenegro Heosminthus borrae (190736)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4China (Ningxia) Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus parvulus (182895)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Allosminthus khandae, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (187301) Allosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae (187293 201176) Bohlinosminthus parvulus (187312) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus chimidae (180964) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae (175171) Heosminthus borrae, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (175169) Heosminthus chimidae (135791 180962 187260 187294 187295 187296 187299 187304) Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (187298) Heosminthus minutus, Allosminthus minutus, Heosminthus borrae, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (180955) Heosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae (180960) Heosminthus sp., Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Allosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (201191) Heosminthus sp., Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus minutus, Allosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (180961) Heosminthus sp., Heosminthus borrae, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (180963 182131) Heosminthus sp., Heosminthus chimidae (187263) Heosminthus sp., Heosminthus minutus, Allosminthus minutus, Heosminthus borrae, Heosminthus chimidae (180956) Heosminthus sp., Heosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (180958 180959) Heosminthus sp., Heosminthus minutus, Onjosminthus baindi (135793) Heosminthus sp., Tatalsminthus khandae, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (75595) Heosminthus sp., Tatalsminthus khandae, Onjosminthus baindi (135804) Onjosminthus baindi (135806) Tatalsminthus khandae, Allosminthus khandae, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus chimidae (180953) Tatalsminthus khandae, Onjosminthus baindi (135794)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mongolia Heosminthus sp., Heosminthus minutus, Heosminthus borrae, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (75601) Heosminthus sp., Heosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae (175168) Tatalsminthus khandae, Heosminthus chimidae, Onjosminthus baindi (180954)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Turkey Dipodidae indet. (31604)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Czech Republic Parasminthus sp. (91467)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Kazakhstan (Aktyubinsk) Parasminthus debruijni (175921) Parasminthus debruijni, Bohlinosminthus cubitalus (37205)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Turkey (Anatolia) Dipodidae indet. (182501)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia Bohlinosminthus parvulus (176446 182061 182080) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Allosminthus minutus (187274) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus borrae (182132 201162) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus firmus (182083) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus firmus, Litodonomys sp. (176448) Heosminthus chimidae (182072) Heosminthus sp., Parasminthus tangingoli, Bohlinosminthus parvulus (180972) Heosminthus sp., Parasminthus tangingoli, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Allosminthus minutus (180971) Heterosminthus firmus (182143) Heterosminthus lanzhouensis, Bohlinosminthus parvulus (183913) Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus debruijni, Bohlinosminthus parvulus (75599) Parasminthus debruijni, Heterosminthus firmus (75602) Parasminthus tangingoli, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus firmus (176447) Parasminthus tangingoli, Litodonomys huangheensis, Parasminthus debruijni, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus chimidae (75588)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Xinjiang) Litodonomys sp., Bohlinosminthus parvus (77943)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Gansu) Litodonomys huangheensis (175355) Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus lanzhouensis (175252 175380) Parasminthus sp. 1, Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus lanzhouensis (175382) Parasminthus sp. 1, Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus lanzhouensis, Litodonomys huangheensis (175383) Parasminthus sp. 1, Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus lanzhouensis, Sinosminthus sp. (175379) Parasminthus sp. 2, Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus lanzhouensis, Litodonomys huangheensis, Sinosminthus sp. (175381)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Allosminthus minutus, Heosminthus chimidae (182074) Bohlinosminthus parvulus (182076) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus chimidae (187257 187258) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus chimidae, Litodonomys lajeensis (182078) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus firmus, Heosminthus chimidae, Litodonomys lajeensis (182082) Heosminthus chimidae (187300) Heosminthus sp., Allosminthus minutus, Heosminthus borrae, Heosminthus chimidae (182075) Heosminthus sp., Parasminthus tangingoli, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus borrae, Heosminthus chimidae, Litodonomys lajeensis (182081) Litodonomys lajeensis (182084) Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus chimidae (180986) Parasminthus debruijni, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heosminthus borrae, Litodonomys lajeensis (182085) Parasminthus sp., Heosminthus sp., Bohlinosminthus sp. (180983)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Allosminthus minutus (75598)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03China (Nei Mongol) Heosminthus sp., Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Bohlinosminthus parvulus (175409) Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus parvulus (175407 175408 175411 175412) Parasminthus asiaecentralis, Parasminthus tangingoli, Parasminthus parvulus, Litodonomys huangheensis (175410)
MP 30 - MN 128.4 - 22.4Turkey (Anatolia) Heterosminthus firmus (182505)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Litodonomys huangheensis, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus firmus, Heosminthus borrae, Heosminthus chimidae, Litodonomys lajeensis (180969)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Mongolia Heterosminthus lanzhouensis (182087) Heterosminthus lanzhouensis, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus firmus, Litodonomys lajeensis (182134)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97China (Xinjiang) Heterosminthus large sp., Heterosminthus small sp., Litodonomys lajeensis (181068)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Kazakhstan Heterosminthus firmus (64355)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Qinghai) Plesiosminthus lajeensis (34674)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Heterosminthus mongoliensis (135788)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Gansu) Heterosminthus intermedius (175356) Litodonomys xishuiensis (175357)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia Heosminthus borrae, Litodonomys lajeensis (182136) Heosminthus sp., Heterosminthus firmus, Litodonomys sp. (180967) Heterosminthus firmus, Heosminthus sp., Litodonomys sp. (180966) Heterosminthus firmus, Litodonomys lajeensis (187314) Heterosminthus mongoliensis (85060) Heterosminthus nanus, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus firmus, Heosminthus borrae, Litodonomys lajeensis (182088) Heterosminthus nanus, Litodonomys huangheensis, Heterosminthus firmus, Heosminthus borrae, Litodonomys lajeensis (180975) Heterosminthus nanus, Litodonomys huangheensis, Heterosminthus firmus, Litodonomys lajeensis (180965) Litodonomys huangheensis, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Heterosminthus firmus (182089) Litodonomys huangheensis, Bohlinosminthus parvulus, Litodonomys lajeensis (187313) Litodonomys lajeensis (180976)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97China (Ningxia) Parasminthus sp. (182886)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333China (Gansu) Protalactaga grabaui, Paralactaga anderssoni, Heterosminthus orientalis (42540)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Saudi Arabia Dipodidae indet. (47074) Protalactaga sp. (47095)
MN 320.0 - 16.9China (Xinjiang) Heterosminthus sp., Protalactaga shevyrevae, Litodonomys sp., Heterosminthus mongoliensis (125716)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Kazakhstan Sinosminthus sp. (71583)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Turkey (Bursa) Dipodidae indet. (68547)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Qinghai) Plesiosminthus lajeensis (34671) Protalactaga tunggurensis (34670 34673)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Libya Heterosminthus sp. (77030)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Morocco Protalactaga sefriouii (78746)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Paralactaga grauberi, Paralactaga sp. (13483)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) Protalactaga sp. (56738)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7China (Nei Mongol) Protalactaga tungurensis (42251)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Heterosminthus gansus (75600)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) Dipodidae indet., Paralactaga sp. (78314)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Gansu) Paralactaga minor, Heterosminthus simplicidens, Protalactaga tunggurensis, Heterosminthus gansus (42675)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) Sinozapus volkeri, Lophocricetus grabaui, Lophocricetus pusillus, Paralactaga suni, Brachyscirtetes robustus, Sminthoides fraudator (75300)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Mongolia Stylodipus perfectus (231013)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588China Paralactaga sp., Sminthoides fraudator (13485)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation (Rostovskaya Oblast') Allactaga sp. (39409)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine (Odessa) Lophocricetus vinogradovi, Allactaga fru (168005)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Romania (Wallachia Region) Allactaga ucrainica (36004)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588China (Hebei) Paralactaga sp., Sminthoides sp. (13486)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781China (Hebei) Alactaga annulata (231023)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588China (Hebei) Paralactaga sp., Sminthoides sp. (43208) Sminthoides sp. (43209 43210 43211 43213 43389 43395)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Jaculus orientalis (21545 21625 21681)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania (Oltenia) Allactaga sp. (39422)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Mongolia Allactaga sp. (71060)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Turkey Dipodidae indet., Allactaga euphratica (39314)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Ukraine Allactaga jaculus (41049)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Hebei) Allactaga sibirica (197069)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Tanzania Jaculus sp. (21974)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Greece (Chalkidiki) Parasminthus brevidens (183123)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Kenya Jaculus orientalis (21507)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece (Chios) Allactaga euphratica (204077)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Russian Federation (Transbaikalia) Allactaga saltator (38712)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greece Alactaga indet. (187637)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Kazakhstan Allactaga jaculus (40497)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Hungary (Barany) Allactaga jaculus (197461)