Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Alternative combination: Gliravus daamsi
Full reference: A. A. Bosma and H. de Bruijn. 1982. Eocene and Oligocene Gliridae (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Isle of Wight, England. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics and Chemistry 85(4):365-380
Belongs to Schizogliravus according to M. Freudenthal 2004
See also Bosma and de Bruijn 1982
Sister taxa: Schizogliravus bravoi, Schizogliravus bruijni, Schizogliravus garouillensis, Schizogliravus hispanicus, Schizogliravus micio, Schizogliravus montisalbani, Schizogliravus tenuis
Type specimen: IVAU HH 2 1641 M2 sup. dext., a tooth. Its type locality is Headon Hill HH2, Lower Headon Beds, Isle of Wight, which is in an Eocene marine claystone/claystone in the Lower Headon Beds Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of the United Kingdom (8 collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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