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Taxonomy
Saccostomus was named by Peters (1846). It is extant.
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1846 | Saccostomus Peters |
1997 | Saccostomus McKenna and Bell |
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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. Saccostomus Peters 1846 [pouched mouse]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: g = genus, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Mares 1993, Ji et al. 2002 |
Collections (32 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Messinian - Zanclean | Tanzania | Saccostomus major (22042 22058) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Saccostomus major (32050) | |
Zanclean - Piacenzian | Tanzania | Saccostomus sp. (21830) | |
Piacenzian | Tanzania | Saccostomus major (21787 21788 21789 21790 21795 21798 21799 21800 21801 21802 21807 21810 21811) Saccostomus sp. (21831 21832) | |
Gelasian | Tanzania | Saccostomus sp. (21805) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Zambia | Saccostomus campestris (68339) | |
Gelasian - Calabrian | Tanzania | Saccostomus sp. (21974) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | South Africa | Saccostomus campestris (21949) | |
Calabrian | Tanzania | Saccostomus mearnsi (22617) Saccostomus sp. (22041 22064 22628) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Zambia | Saccostomus campestris (68340 68341) | |
Holocene | Zambia | Saccostomus campestris (21894) | |
Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Saccostomus campestris (21693) | |
Holocene | South Africa | Saccostomus sp. (21896) |