Democricetodontinae
Extinct subfamily of rodents
Democricetodontinae Temporal range: Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Cricetidae |
Subfamily: | †Democricetodontinae Lindsay, 1987 |
Genera | |
Democricetodon[1] |
The Democricetodontinae are a subfamily of fossil rodents from Miocene epoch.
The Democricetodontini were named as a paraphyletic taxon within the Cricetidae by Lindsay in 1987.[2] It was reranked as a subfamily by Theocharopoulos in 2000.[3]
See also
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References
- ^ a b A new eumyarionine cricetid from Pakistan. Lindsay E.H. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia year: 1996, vol: 39, number: 1, pages: 279-288
- ^ E. H. Lindsay. 1987. Cricetid Rodents of Lower Siwalik deposits, Potwar Plateau, Pakistan and Miocene mammal dispersal events. Proceedings of the VIIIth RCMNS Congress. Annales Instituti Geologici Publici Hungarici 70:483-488 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
- ^ "Democricetodontinae on The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-12-25.
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