Heteromyoxus Dehm 1938 (dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Full reference: R. Dehm. 1938. Heteromyoxus n. g. and Dyromys Thomas, zwei Schlafmäuse im Untermiozän (Aquitanium) von Ulm; (Heteromyoxus n. gen. and Dyromys Thomas from the Lower Miocene (Aquitanian) of Ulm). Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Abteilung B 9(2):337-343

Parent taxon: Glirinae according to K. Kowalski 1997

See also Daams and de Bruijn 1995 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Glirudinus, Glirulus, Heissigia, Muscardinus, Myoglis, Seorsumuscardinus

Subtaxa: Heteromyoxus schlosseri Heteromyoxus wetzleri

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Type: Myoxus wetzleri

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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