Democricetodontinae
The Democricetodontinae are a subfamily of fossil rodents from Miocene epoch.
| Democricetodontinae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Cricetidae |
| Subfamily: | †Democricetodontinae Lindsay, 1987 |
| Genera | |
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]
References
- 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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