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Myoxus (Glis)

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Glis was named by Brisson (1762) [conserved in ICZN Opinion 1894; non Glis Erxleben 1777]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Myoxus (Glis) by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927).

It was assigned to Myoxus by Boule and De Villeneuve (1927); to Gliridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Glirinae by Daams and de Bruijn (1995), Kowalski (1997).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1762Glis Brisson p. 13
1780Myoxus Zimmermann p. 351
1811Myoxus Illiger p. 82
1825Myoxus Gray p. 343
1927Myoxus (Glis) Boule and De Villeneuve p. 81
1995Glis Daams and de Bruijn p. 8
1997Glis Kowalski
1997Glis McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
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
subfamilyGlirinaeThomas 1897
subgenusMyoxus (Glis)()
subgenusGlis()

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.

Subg. Myoxus (Glis) Brisson 1762
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†Glis antiquus Kormos 1930
†Glis apertus Mayr 1979
†Glis galitopouli Van der Meulen and de Bruijn 1982
Glis glis Linnaeus 1766 [edible doormouse]
†Glis guerbuezi Unay-Bayraktar 1989
†Glis major De Bruijn and Rümke 1974
†Glis minor Kowalski 1963
†Glis minor complicatus de Bruijn 1998
†Glis sackdillingensis Heller 1930
†Glis sussenbornensis Soergel 1919
†Glis transversus Unay 1990
†Glis truyolsi Daams 1976
†Glis vallesiensis Agusti 1981
Invalid names: Myoxus Zimmermann 1780 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995Cheek teeth simpler than in Eliomys, more flat; the outer side of upper series with five low cusps, the inner side with four. M1 and
M2 with seven transverse ridges of which four are well developed, the three alternating between them weaker. P4 considerably smaller than the other teeth, and with its elements reduced. Lower teeth like
the upper series in general arrangement. (from Ellerman, 1941, only dental characteristics from a general diagnosis)
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, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Türkiye (Tekirdağ) Glis guerbuezi (31605 31606)
MP 30 - MN 127.3 - 22.4Türkiye (Anatolia) Glis sp. (182505)
MN 222.4 - 20.0Spain (Zaragoza) Glis sp. (35750)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Serbia (Serbia) Glis minor (39714 199780 199781 199782)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Greece Glis galitopouli (68032)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Türkiye (Manisa) Glis galitopouli (69303)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Greece (Euboea) Glis sp. (205044)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Poland Glis sp. (31041)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Greece (Thrace) Glis galitopouli (69435)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria (Styria) Glis minor (74538 74539)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Poland Glis sp. (31040)
Langhian - Serravallian15.98 - 11.63Poland (Silesia) Glis vallesiensis (42594)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Glis minor (205341)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Poland Glis vallesiensis (31039)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Glis minor (75481)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Burgenland) Glis minor (37789)
Turolian8.725 - 5.09Greece (Central Macedonia) Glis minor (32189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Glis minor (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) Glis sackdillingensis (35076)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Tuscany) Glis sp. (51812)
MN 145.09 - 4.16Poland Glis sackdillingensis (32240)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Glis minor (43633)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Spain (Andalucia) Glis sackdillingensis (34997)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Greece (Kozani) Glis minor (205081 205084)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55France (Roussillon) Glis sackdillingensis (35064)
Ruscinian - Villafranchian5.09 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Glis minor (35354)
MN 154.16 - 3.55Poland Glis minor (33396)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Poland (Łódź) Glis sackdillingensis (237370)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Glis minor (32110 32112)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Glis minor (199747)
MN 163.55 - 2.245France (Languedoc Roussillon Region) Glis minor (37049)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Poland Glis minor (33473)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Glis minor (35358) Glis sackdillingensis (35370)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Hungary (Barany) Glis sackdillingensis (35369)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Italy (Venetia) Glis minor (50895)
Villafranchian3.55 - 1.8Greece Glis sackdillingensis (34589)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Barany) Glis sackdillingensis (35457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Glis sackdillingensis (35428 35431 35432)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Romania Glis antiquus (71662) Glis minor (32145) Glis sackdillingensis (32192 32194 32198 33973 33975 34009)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Macedonia) Glis glis (34783)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Thüringen) Myoxus glis (45068)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece (Peloponnisos) Glis sp., Glis sackdillingensis (34766)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Glis sackdillingensis (35905)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Hungary Glis sackdillingensis (39797)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Greece Glis sp., Glis sackdillingensis (34767)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Verona) Glis sackdillingensis (51625)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Glis minor (50342)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129France (Alpes Maritimes) Glis sp. (50682)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.58 - 0.129Czechia Glis sp. (35907)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Germany (Thuringia) Glis glis (22728)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Malta Myoxus melitensi, Myoxus cartei (190860)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117France (Cote d'Or) Glis minor (49084)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Italy (Verona) Glis glis (43656)
MN 172.245 - 1.8Poland Glis sp. (32485)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) Glis sp. (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129France (Limousin region) Glis glis (36437)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czechia Glis sp. (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Trieste) Glis glis (43700 43701)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Verona) Glis glis (43642 43645 43653)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) Glis glis (43666 43692 43695 43696 43697)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary Glis glis (35045 36706) Glis sackdillingensis (35476)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Glis sackdillingensis (35472)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Monaco Myoxus glis (191730)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece Glis glis (203847 204954)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Poland Glis glis (33495)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece (Peloponnesus) Glis glis, Myoxus glis (184245)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Italy (Vicenza) Glis glis (43689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Italy (Vicenza) Myoxus glis (43667)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France (Corse) Glis glis (215378)