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Oligodyromys planus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Oligodyromys planus was named by Bahlo (1975). Its type specimen is HLMD/Hhm.404, a set of teeth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Heimersheim, which is in a Rupelian terrestrial horizon in Germany. It is the type species of Oligodyromys.

It was recombined as Bransatoglis planus by Daams and de Bruijn (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Oligodyromys planus Bahlo
1995Bransatoglis planus Daams and de Bruijn p. 12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilyGliroideaMuirhead 1819
familyGliridaeMuirhead 1819
subfamilyBransatoglirinae
genusOligodyromysHugueney 1967
speciesplanusBahlo 1975

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Oligodyromys planus Bahlo 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Chattian or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Bransatoglis planus (39300)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Bransatoglis planus (31748)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Bransatoglis planus (31583)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4France (Midi-Pyrenées) Bransatoglis planus (167537)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany Bransatoglis planus (type locality: 183361)
MP 24 - MP 2533.9 - 23.03France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) Oligodyromys planus (183685)
MP 27 - MP 2828.4 - 23.03France Bransatoglis planus (183543)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03France Bransatoglis planus (60281)