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Bransatoglis parvus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Bransatoglis parvus was named by Freudenthal (1996). It is not extant. Its type specimen is DCTUZZ OLA4A-1127, a tooth (m2 inf. sin.). Its type locality is Olalla 4A, which is in an Oligocene terrestrial horizon in Spain.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Bransatoglis parvus Freudenthal p. 34 figs. Pl. 7 fig. 5.

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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
genusBransatoglisHugueney 1967
speciesparvus

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.

Bransatoglis parvus Freudenthal 1996
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. Freudenthal 1996Molars with thick crests. Lower molars generally with seven crests, upper molars with two centrolophs, generally an accessory crest in the first valley, sometimes an accessory crest inside the trigone. Smaller than all known species of Bransatoglis.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MP 20 to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 37.71000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
MP 2037.71 - 33.9Spain (Aragón) Bransatoglis parvus (182229)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Spain (Aragon) Bransatoglis parvus (type locality: 68877)