†Heissigia Prieto and Böhme 2007 (dormouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Full reference: J. Prieto and M. Böhme. 2007. Heissigia bolligeri gen. et sp. nov.: a new enigmatic dormouse (Gliridae, Rodentia) from the Miocene of the Northern Alpine Foreland Basin. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 245(3):301-307
Parent taxon: Glirinae according to J. Prieto and M. Böhme 2007
Sister taxa: Glirudinus, Glirulus, Heteromyoxus, Muscardinus, Myoglis, Seorsumuscardinus
Subtaxa: Heissigia bolligeri
Type: Heissigia bolligeri
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Affalterbach, near Pfaffenhofen (Miocene of Germany)
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