Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Alternative combination: Peridyromys dehmi
Synonyms: Myomimus compositus Bachmayer and Wilson 1970, Peridyromys compositus Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
Belongs to Myomimus according to H. de Bruijn 1976
See also Bachmayer and Wilson 1970, Bachmayer and Wilson 1978 and Daams and de Bruijn 1995
Sister taxa: Myomimus aquatilis, Myomimus bulgaricus, Myomimus judaicus, Myomimus maritsensis, Myomimus multicrestatus, Myomimus personatus, Myomimus qafzensis, Myomimus roachi, Myomimus setzeri, Myomimus sinensis, Myomimus sumbalenwalicus
Type specimens:
- Myomimus dehmi: Its type locality is Pedregueras II C, which is in the Vallesian of horizon Spain
- Peridyromys compositus: NHMW 1970/1391 mandible sin. with m1, m2, a mandible. Its type locality is Kohfidisch, which is in a MN 11 terrestrial horizon in Austria.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), Greece (3), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (8), Turkey (2)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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