Democricetodontinae

The Democricetodontinae are a subfamily of fossil rodents from Miocene epoch.

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

Democricetodon[1]
Karydomys
Spanocricetodon[1]

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

References
  1. 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". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-12-25.


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