Democricetodontinae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Placentalia
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea
Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: †Democricetodontinae
Genus: Karydomys

Name

Democricetodontinae Mein and Freudenthal, 1971

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