†Heissigia bolligeri Prieto and Böhme 2007 (dormouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Full reference: J. Prieto and M. Böhme. 2007. Heissigia bolligeri gen. et sp. nov.: a new enigmatic dormouse (Gliridae, Rodentia) from the Miocene of the Northern Alpine Foreland Basin. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 245(3):301-307
Belongs to Heissigia according to J. Prieto and M. Böhme 2007
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: BSP 1987-XX-1, a tooth (m1 dext.). Its type locality is Affalterbach, near Pfaffenhofen, which is in a MN 5 terrestrial horizon in Germany.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Affalterbach, near Pfaffenhofen
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