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Gerbillus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Gerbillus was named by Desmarest (1804). It is extant.

It was assigned to Gerbillina by Gray (1825); and to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species
G. agag
Species lacking formal opinion data
G. campestris, G. dasyurus, G. grandis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Gerbillus Desmarest
1825Gerbillus Gray p. 342
1997Gerbillus 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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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
subfamilyGerbillinae()
genusGerbillusDesmarest 1804

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. Gerbillus Desmarest 1804
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Gerbillus agag Thomas 1911
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 13:19:38
Modified: 2012-05-14 22:22:53
Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Mares 1993, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Holocene or 8.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Dodekanese) G. sp. (205343)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Armenia G. sp. (56729)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Morocco G. bibersoni (32052 32054)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia G. sp. (21545)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Georgia G. sp. (56733)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Morocco G. grandis, G. sp. (34286)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Israel G. sp. (34043)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa G. paeba (21915)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Morocco G. grandis, G. campestris (34331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Algeria G. major, G. cingulatus (22586 22587 22588 22589 22590 22591)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Algeria G. major, G. cingulatus (22585)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco G. campestris, G. grandis (42866) G. grandis (34287) G. grandis, G. campestris (34330)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Israel G. dasyurus (192424 192425)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0South Africa G. sp. (21896)