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Dryomys apulus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Dryomys apulus was named by Freudenthal and Martin-Suarez (2006). Its type specimen is RGM 455924, a tooth (m1 inf. dext.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Biancone 1, which is in a Miocene fissure fill horizon in Italy.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2006Dryomys apulus Freudenthal and Martin-Suarez p. 19 figs. fig. 18.7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilyGliroideaMuirhead 1819
familyGliridaeMuirhead 1819
subfamilyDryomyinaede Bruijn 1967
genusDryomysThomas 1906
speciesapulus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Dryomys apulus Freudenthal and Martin-Suarez 2006
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Freudenthal and E. Martin-Suarez 2006Small glirid, of the size of D. nitedula (Pallas 1778), with a tendency to form continuous ectolophids and endolophids in the lower molars. The p4 is relatively small. The anterior wall of m1 is concave, with a forwardly protruding labial corner. There is a complete endoloph in the upper molars.