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Amphidyromys pusillus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Amphidyromys pusillus was named by Heller (1936). It is the type species of Amphidyromys.

It was recombined as Glirulus pusillus by Daams and de Bruijn (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Amphidyromys pusillus Heller
1995Glirulus pusillus 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()
—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
genusAmphidyromysThomas 1906
speciespusillusHeller 1936

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.

†Amphidyromys pusillus Heller 1936
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the MN 14 to the top of the MN 17 or 4.90000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Glirulus pusillus (43633)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Glirulus pusillus (32240)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Glirulus pusillus (199747 205172)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Piedmont) Glirulus pusillus (49360)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) Glirulus pusillus (35358)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Netherlands (Limburg) Glirulus pusillus (68018)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania Glirulus pusillus (32192)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117France (Cote d'Or) Glirulus pusillus (49085)