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Malacothrix
Taxonomy
Malacothrix was named by Wagner (1843). It is extant.
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dendromurinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Dendromurinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1843 | Malacothrix Wagner |
| 1997 | Malacothrix McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Malacothrix Steppan et al. p. 539 |
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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. Malacothrix Wagner 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pliocene | South Africa | M. sp. (22339 22341) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene | South Africa | M. sp. (22333 22334) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | South Africa | M. typica (21824) | |
| Pleistocene | South Africa | M. typica (21915) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | M. typica (21949) |