†subfamily Bransatoglirinae Daams and de Bruijn 1995 (dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Full reference: R. Daams and H. de Bruijn. 1995. A classification of the Gliridae (Rodentia) on the basis of dental morphology. Hystrix 6 (n.s.)(1-2):3-50

Parent taxon: Gliridae according to R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995

Sister taxa: Armantomys, Dryomyinae, Gliravinae, Glirinae, Glirurus, Graphiurops, Graphiurus, Leithia, Leithiinae, Mioglis, Myomiminae, Myomimus, Paraglirulus, Paraglis, Peridyromys, Plesiodyromys, Praearmantomys, Schizogliravus, Stertomys, Suevoglis, Tenuiglis

Subtaxa: Bransatoglis

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), France (2), Germany (7), Greece (1), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovakia (2), Spain (4), Switzerland (12), Turkey (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of Belgium (1), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), France (9), Germany (6), Greece (1), Spain (2), Turkey (6)

• Eocene of Spain (3), the United Kingdom (9)

Total: 78 collections including 89 occurrences

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