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Heteromyoxus wetzleri

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Myoxus wetzleri was named by Schlosser (1884). Its type specimen is BSPG 1881 IX 73, a mandible (fragment of right dentary with M1 and M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Eggingen, which is in an Aquitanian fluvial-lacustrine marl/limestone in the Lower Freshwater Molasse Formation of Germany. It is the type species of Heteromyoxus.

It was recombined as Heteromyoxus wetzleri by Dehm (1938), Werner (1994).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Myoxus wetzleri Schlosser pp. 80 (98) figs. 33 and 53, pl. V (II)
1938Heteromyoxus wetzleri Dehm pp. 337-342 figs. 1a-3b
1994Heteromyoxus wetzleri Werner

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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
genusHeteromyoxus
specieswetzleri()

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.

†Heteromyoxus wetzleri Schlosser 1884
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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, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988

Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Myoxus wetzleri (52566)