Peridyromys Stehlin and Schaub 1951 (dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Parent taxon: Gliridae according to D. Becker et al. 2010

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

Sister taxa: Armantomys, Bransatoglirinae, Dryomyinae, Gliravinae, Glirinae, Glirurus, Graphiurops, Graphiurus, Leithia, Leithiinae, Mioglis, Myomiminae, Myomimus, Paraglirulus, Paraglis, Plesiodyromys, Praearmantomys, Schizogliravus, Stertomys, Suevoglis, Tenuiglis

Subtaxa: Peridyromys columbarii Peridyromys hamadryas Peridyromys lavocati Peridyromys murinus Peridyromys obtusangulus Peridyromys ordinasi Peridyromys turbatus

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Type: Peridyromys murinus

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), France (8), Germany (5), Greece (1), Portugal (1), Spain (11), Switzerland (7), Turkey (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)

• Oligocene of France (9), Germany (5), Spain (4)

Total: 55 collections including 62 occurrences

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