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Microdyromys praemurinus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Microdyromys praemurinus was named by Freudenberg (1941). Its type locality is Gaimersheim, which is in a MP 28 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. ambiguus, M. chaabi, M. miocaenicus, M. monspelliensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg
1995Microdyromys praemurinus Daams and de Bruijn p. 10

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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
subfamilyDryomyinaede Bruijn 1967
genusMicrodyromysde Bruijn 1966
speciespraemurinusFreudenberg 1941

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.

†Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 33.90000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany Microdyromys praemurinus (183361)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Switzerland (Canton Solothurn) Microdyromys praemurinus (182805)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Serbia Microdyromys monspeliensis (206015)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04France (Alpes-de-haute Provence) Microdyromys praemurinus (200438)
MP 2627.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Microdyromys praemurinus (36718)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04Germany Microdyromys praemurinus (type locality: 59886)
MP 2827.3 - 23.04France (Quercy) Microdyromys praemurinus (36712 36715)
MP 2927.3 - 23.04France (Gard) Microdyromys praemurinus (183542)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) Microdyromys praemurinus (179146)
MP 3027.3 - 23.04Bosnia and Herzegovina Microdyromys monspeliensis (183547)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Microdyromys praemurinus (37050)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Microdyromys praemurinus (46284)
MN 4 - MN 516.9 - 13.82Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Microdyromys praemurinus (46224)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Zürich) Microdyromys praemurinus (46227 46228 46231 46234 46286)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Microdyromys praemurinus (46285)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Microdyromys praemurinus (46232 46235)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Microdyromys praemurinus (46272)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.82 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) Microdyromys praemurinus (46259)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Microdyromys praemurinus (46288)