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Muroidea

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41723	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41723

Rank

superfamily (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muroidea

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
infraorder	Myodonta	Schaub 1958
superfamily	Muroidea	Illiger 1811

Common Name

mouse

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Muroidea	superfamily	belongs to Myomorpha	stated without evidence	Wood, 1958
Muroidea	superfamily	belongs to Myomorpha	implied	Carroll, 1988
Muroidea	superfamily	belongs to Myodonta	stated with evidence	Montgelard et al., 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

1,310

Extant Size (PBDB)

441 (34%)

First Recorded Appearance

50.3 - 46.2 Ma
Eocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

herbivore (based on Rodentia)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cricetidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6,617	48.6 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Eucricetodontidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Heterocricetodontidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudocricetodontidae ✝ family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Spalacidae family	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	153	37.2 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cricetopsinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)
Lophiomyinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)			0 Ma Extant
Myospalacinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)	12	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Platacanthomyinae subfamily	listed (PBDB)	27	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Eumuroida unranked clade	listed (PBDB)	2,016	50.3 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1811	Muroidea Illiger
1958	Muroidea Wood p. 172
1988	Muroidea Carroll
1999	Muroidea Nowak
2002	Muroidea Montgelard et al. p. 230

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698

Wood A. E. (1958) Are there rodent suborders?, Systematic Zoology 7 4, 169-173

Nowak R. M. (1999) , Walker's Mammals of the World, Sixth Edition II, 837-1936

Montgelard C., Bentz S., et al (2002) Molecular systematics of Sciurognathi (Rodentia): the mitochondrial cytochrome b and 12S rRNA genes support the Anomaluroidea (Pedetidae and Anomaluridae), Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 22 2, 220-233

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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