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Seorsumuscardinus alpinus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Seorsumuscardinus alpinus was named by de Bruijn (1998). Its type specimen is NHMW 1997z0201/0002/1, a tooth (M1 sin.), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Oberdorf lignite mine, horizon O4, which is in a MN 4 mire/swamp claystone in Austria. It is the type species of Seorsumuscardinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Seorsumuscardinus alpinus de Bruijn p. 111 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 7

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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()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—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
genusSeorsumuscardinus
speciesalpinus

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.

†Seorsumuscardinus alpinus de Bruijn 1998
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. de Bruijn 1998S. alpinus has four ridges in the P4, five in the M1, six in the M2 and seven in the M3.