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Tyrrhenoglis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Tyrrhenoglis was named by Engesser (1976). Its type is Tyrrhenoglis majori.

It was assigned to Dryomyinae by Daams and de Bruijn (1995).

Species
T. figariensis, T. majori (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Tyrrhenoglis Engesser pp. 786-787 figs. Plate 2
1995Tyrrhenoglis Daams and de Bruijn p. 10

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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
subfamilyDryomyinaede Bruijn 1967
genusTyrrhenoglis

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.

G. †Tyrrhenoglis Engesser 1976
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†Tyrrhenoglis figariensis Zammit et al. 1982
†Tyrrhenoglis majori Engesser 1976
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995Very largc glirid genus (of similar size as the recent Glis glis or largcr) with concave. very massivc cheek teeth. The dental pattcrn is Microdyromys-likc: the upper molars have a complcte endoloph, to which the anteroloph is connected at the lingual border. Proto-, meta- and posteroloph are more or less parallel to each other and join the endoloph at right angles and at similar distanccs. The anterior centroloph is longer than the posterior one, but it does not reach the endoloph. In the lower cheek teeth there is a tendency to form a continuous endolophid. The crown of the upper molars is lingually higher than labially. (translated from German)
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 Ruscinian to the top of the MN 16 or 5.09000 to 2.24500 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy (Sardinia) T. figariensis (51478) T. majori (51479)
Ruscinian5.09 - 3.55Italy (Sardinia) Eliomys figariensis (49332)
MN 163.55 - 2.245Italy (Island of Sardinia) T. majori (37571)