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Taxonomy
Pliospalax was named by Kormos (1932). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Spalacinae by Vasileiadou and Koufos (2005).
It was assigned to Cricetidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Spalacinae by Vasileiadou and Koufos (2005).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1932 | Pliospalax Kormos |
1997 | Pliospalax McKenna and Bell |
2005 | Pliospalax Vasileiadou and Koufos p. 205 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the MN 5 to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.78100 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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MN 4 - MN 5 | Greece (Macedonia) | P. sp. (73861) | |
MN 5 - MN 6 | Turkey (Ankara) | P. sp. (199742) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Turkey (Cankiri) | Pliospalax indet. (184368) | |
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Greece (Chalkidiki) | P. macoveii (191612) | |
Turolian | Greece (Samos Island) | P. sotirisi (205351) | |
Turolian | Greece (Samos) | P. sotirisi (202216) | |
Turolian | Greece | P. macovei (31928) | |
Turolian - Ruscinian | Greece (Xanthi) | P. sp. (205296) | |
Ruscinian | Turkey (Ankara) | P. macoveii (34370) | |
Ruscinian | Romania | P. macoveii (40796) | |
Villanyian | Greece | P. tourkobouniensis (34589) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | Greece (Macedonia) | P. senii (34783) |