†Heteromyoxus wetzleri Schlosser 1884 (dormouse)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Alternative combination: Myoxus wetzleri
Full reference: M. Schlosser. 1884. Die Nager des europäischen Tertiärs nebst Betrachtungen über die Organisation und die geschichtliche Entwicklung der Nager überhaupt [The rodents of the european Tertiary with general considerations of the organisation and the evolutionary history of the rodents]. Palaeontographica 31(1-2):19-162
Belongs to Heteromyoxus according to J. Werner 1994
See also Dehm 1938
Sister taxon: Heteromyoxus schlosseri
Type specimen: BSPG 1881 IX 73, a mandible (fragment of right dentary with M1 and M2)
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Eggingen (Miocene of Germany)
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