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Dicrostonyx (lemming)
Taxonomy
Dicrostonyx was named by Gloger (1841). It is extant.
It was assigned to Microtinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Cricetidae by Gloger (1841) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Arvicolinae by Seymour (2004); and to Dicrostonychini by Galewski et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Microtinae by Kurten and Anderson (1980); to Cricetidae by Gloger (1841) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Arvicolinae by Seymour (2004); and to Dicrostonychini by Galewski et al. (2006).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1841 | Dicrostonyx Gloger |
1980 | Dicrostonyx Kurten and Anderson p. 267 |
1997 | Dicrostonyx McKenna and Bell |
2004 | Dicrostonyx Seymour |
2006 | Dicrostonyx Galewski et al. |
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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. Dicrostonyx Gloger 1841 [lemming]
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Dicrostonyx groenlandicus Traill 1823 [northern collared lemming]
Dicrostonyx hudsonius Pallas 1778 [Ungava collared lemming]
Dicrostonyx rubricatus Richardson 1839 [Bering collard lemming]
Dicrostonyx torquatus Pallas 1778 [Arctic lemming]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.3 Ma
Collections (43 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Pleistocene | Poland | Dicrostonyx simplicior (33874) | |
Pleistocene | Greenland | Dicrostonyx torquatus (227055) | |
Pleistocene | Belgium | Dicrostonyx sp. (34127) | |
Irvingtonian | Canada (Yukon) | Dicrostonyx sp. (20432 20434 20437 20438 20439) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Alaska) | Dicrostonyx torquatus (20325 20393) | |
Middle Pleistocene | France (Limousin region) | Dicrostonyx torquatus (36428 36439) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Canada (Yukon) | Dicrostonyx sp. (74336) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) | Dicrostonyx sp. (36013 36015) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Czech Republic | Dicrostonyx simplicior (36216) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | Dicrostonyx torquatus (48581) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Michigan) | Dicrostonyx sp. (70130) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Hungary (Barany) | Dicrostonyx torquatus (197461) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | United Kingdom (Worcestershire) | Dicrostonyx henseli (163070) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Canada (Alberta) | Dicrostonyx torquatus (93528) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation (Respublika Saha (Jakutija)) | Dicrostonyx torquatus (48587) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (Nebraska) | Dicrostonyx torquatus (93179) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Dicrostonyx torquatus (73699) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Wyoming) | Dicrostonyx sp. (93277) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Canada (Yukon) | Dicrostonyx torquatus (20626) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Dicrostonyx hudsonius (93332 123868) | |
Holocene | Canada (Yukon) | Dicrostonyx sp. (228443) | |
Holocene | Canada (Quebec) | Dicrostonyx hudsonius (228861) | |
Holocene | Greenland | Dicrostonyx groenlandica (227758) Dicrostonyx groenlandicus (226353 227816 227826 227875) Dicrostonyx sp. (227829) | |
Holocene | Canada (Nunavut) | Dicrostonyx groenlandicus (229484 229489) Dicrostonyx sp. (228756) Dicrostonyx torquatus (73705 228898) | |
Holocene | Canada (Northwest Territories) | Dicrostonyx sp. (228444 228921) |