Dryomys Thomas 1906 (dormouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Synonym: Afrodryomys Jaeger 1975
Parent taxon: Dryomyinae according to R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Chaetocauda, Eivissia, Eliomys, Gliruloides, Hypnomys, Maltamys, Microdyromys, Tyrrhenoglis
Subtaxa: Dryomys ambiguus Dryomys apulus Dryomys chaabi Dryomys laniger Dryomys nitedula
Type: Dryomys nitedula
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Greece (5 collections), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Romania (1), Turkey (2)
• Pliocene of Greece (2)
• Miocene of France (1), Germany (1), Italy (1)
• Oligocene of Spain (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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