Glirudinus matusi Joniak et al. 2017 (dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Full reference: P. Joniak, P. Peláez-Campomanes, L. W. Hoek Ostende and B. Rojay. 2017. Early Miocene rodents of Gökler (Kazan Basin, Central Anatolia, Turkey). Historical Biology 31(8):982-1007

Belongs to Glirudinus according to P. Joniak et al. 2017

Sister taxa: Glirudinus antiquus, Glirudinus bouziguensis, Glirudinus eggingensis, Glirudinus engesseri, Glirudinus euryodon, Glirudinus glirulus, Glirudinus gracilis, Glirudinus haramiensis, Glirudinus minutus, Glirudinus modestus, Glirudinus undosus

Type specimen: EUNMH PV-15290, a tooth (left M1). Its type locality is Gökler, which is in a Miocene terrestrial lignite in Türkiye.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Türkiye (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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