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Democricetodontinae

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

Democricetodon[1]
Karydomys
Spanocricetodon[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]

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References

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  1. ^ Jump up to: 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". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2009-12-25.