Heteromyoxus wetzleri Schlosser 1884 (dormouse)

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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