Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Synonyms: Eomuscardinus Hartenberger 1966, Pentaglis Kretzoi 1943
Parent taxon: Glirinae according to K. Kowalski 1997
See also Daams and de Bruijn 1995 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Glirudinus, Glirulus, Heissigia, Heteromyoxus, Myoglis, Seorsumuscardinus
Subtaxa: Eomuscardinus sansaniensis Muscardinus austriacus Muscardinus avellanarius Muscardinus crusafonti Muscardinus cyclopeus Muscardinus dacicus Muscardinus davidi Muscardinus heintzi Muscardinus helleri Muscardinus hispanicus Muscardinus pliocaenicus Muscardinus sansaniensis Muscardinus thaleri Muscardinus vallesiensis Muscardinus vireti
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), the Czech Republic (2), France (1), Germany (2), Greece (2), Hungary (3), Italy (4), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Romania (7), Spain (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of France (2), Germany (2), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Poland (3), Spain (4), Turkey (1)
• MN 13 of Spain (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Spain (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), France (6), Germany (7), Greece (4), Hungary (1), Italy (9), Poland (1), Romania (2), Slovakia (1), Spain (9), Switzerland (6), Turkey (1)
Total: 95 collections including 104 occurrences
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