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Miopetaurista dehmi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Miopetaurista dehmi was named by de Bruijn et al. (1980). It is not extant. Its type specimen is BSP 1937 II 10997, m1 inf. sin., a tooth. Its type locality is Wintershof-West, which is in a MN 3 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1980Miopetaurista dehmi de Bruijn et al. p. 251

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
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
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
genusMiopetauristaKretzoi 1962
speciesdehmi

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.

†Miopetaurista dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. de Bruijn et al. 1980M. dehmi is a snall Miopetaurista (estimated length p4-m3 10.4 mm). P4 slightly longer than M1-2, but narrower. Mesostylid well delimited in all lower cheek teeth. Mesostyl absent in P4 and M3, but present as a tiny ridge in M1-2. Parastyl of P4 unicuspidate. A small extra loph is present behind the protoloph in all upper cheek teeth.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Langhian or 20.00000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Miopetaurista dehmi (199780 199781 199782)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Greece Miopetaurista dehmi (68032)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Greece (Euboea) Miopetaurista dehmi (205044)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) Miopetaurista dehmi (type locality: 68040)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) Miopetaurista dehmi (74538 74539)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Miopetaurista dehmi (44977)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bayern) Miopetaurista dehmi (44955 44971 44974 44975 44976)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Miopetaurista dehmi (32071)