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Glirudinus gracilis

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Glirudinus gracilis was named by Dehm (1950). It is the type species of Glirudinus.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Glirudinus gracilis Dehm

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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
genusGlirudinusde Bruijn 1966
speciesgracilisDehm 1950

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.

†Glirudinus gracilis Dehm 1950
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 7 + 8 or 16.90000 to 11.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Glirudinus gracilis (35751)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Glirudinus gracilis (36878 36879 36880 36881)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Greece (Thrace) Glirudinus gracilis (69435)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) Glirudinus gracilis (69099)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Glirudinus gracilis (49421)