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Muscardinus austriacus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Muscardinus pliocaenicus austriacus was named by Bachmayer and Wilson (1970). It is not extant. Its type specimen is NHMW 1970/1300 mandible dext with p4-m1.

It was recombined as Muscardinus austriacus by Bachmayer and Wilson (1980); it was synonymized subjectively with Muscardinus pliocaenicus pliocaenicus by Daxner-Höck and de Bruijn (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Muscardinus pliocaenicus austriacus Bachmayer and Wilson p. 563 figs. Pl. 13, fig. 71
1980Muscardinus austriacus Bachmayer and Wilson p. 363

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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
subfamilyGlirinaeThomas 1897
genusMuscardinusKaup 1829
speciesaustriacus()

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.

Muscardinus austriacus Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
F. Bachmayer and R. W. Wilson 1970p4 with four crests, the second one interrupted, the fourth low. m1 three-rooted.