Myomimus maritsensis de Bruijn et al. 1970 (dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Full reference: H. de Bruijn, M.R. Dawson, and P. Mein. 1970. Upper Pliocene Rodentia, Lagomorpha and Insectivora (Mammalia) from the isle of Rhodes (Greece). I, II and III. Proceedings van de Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 73(5):535-584

Belongs to Myomimus according to H. de Bruijn et al. 1970

Sister taxa: Myomimus aquatilis, Myomimus bulgaricus, Myomimus dehmi, Myomimus judaicus, Myomimus multicrestatus, Myomimus personatus, Myomimus qafzensis, Myomimus roachi, Myomimus setzeri, Myomimus sinensis, Myomimus sumbalenwalicus

Type specimen: IVAU MA-1014, M1-2 sup. dext., a set of teeth. Its type locality is Maritsa, which is in a MN 13 fissure fill horizon in Greece.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene of Greece (1 collection)

• MN 13 of Greece (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)

• Miocene of Greece (4)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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