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Desmodillus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Taxonomy
Desmodillus was named by Thomas and Schwann (1904). It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Desmodillus Thomas and Schwann
1997Desmodillus McKenna and Bell

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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
familyCricetidaeFischer von Waldheim 1817
genusDesmodillusThomas and Schwann 1904

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. Desmodillus Thomas and Schwann 1904
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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: granivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2012-05-15 13:19:47
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:23:03
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Mares 1993, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian - Piacenzian7.246 - 2.588South Africa (Cape) D. sp. (59167)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa D. auricularis (21915)