Gerbillus fossil map
Where fossils of Gerbillus have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 0 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 0 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 8.725 million years ago to the present (Tortonian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Muridae |
| Named by | Desmarest 1804 |
| Fossil records | 68 occurrences at 12 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Algeria, Morocco, Israel, South Africa, Ethiopia, Georgia, Armenia, Greece |
| Rock formations | txn:41892, Shungura, C1/LR |
About Gerbillus
Gerbillus is a genus that contains most common and the most diverse gerbils. In 2010, after morphological and molecular studies Dipodillus was ranged as a subgenus of Gerbillus, however some taxonomic authorities continue to separate them.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Gerbillus (revision 1366537413), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q517079.
