Heissigia Prieto and Böhme 2007 (dormouse)

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

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Type: Heissigia bolligeri

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Affalterbach, near Pfaffenhofen (Miocene of Germany)

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