Democricetodontinae

Democricetodontinae
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Cricetidae
Subfamily: Democricetodontinae
Lindsay, 1987
Genera

Democricetodon[1]
Karydomys
Spanocricetodon[1]

Democricetodontinae is a subfamily of fossil rodents from Miocene epoch.

Democricetodontini was named by Lindsay in 1987[2]. It is not extant. It was considered paraphyletic by Lindsay in 1987. It was reranked as the subfamily Democricetodontinae by Theocharopoulos in 2000 and was assigned to Cricetidae by Lindsay (1987) and Theocharopoulos (2000)[3].

References

  1. ^ a b A new eumyarionine cricetid from Pakistan. Lindsay E.H. Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia year: 1996, vol: 39, number: 1, pages: 279-288
  2. ^ 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]
  3. ^ Democricetodontinae on The Paleobiology Database

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