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Microdyromys

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Microdyromys de Bruijn p. 68
1986Myolidus Alvarez Sierra
1986Microdyromys Lalaï
1995Microdyromys Daams and de Bruijn p. 10
1997Microdyromys Kowalski
1997Microdryomys McKenna and Bell
2000Microdyromys Pickford et al. p. 258
2005Microdyromys Vasileiadou and Koufos p. 205

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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
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
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
subfamilyDryomyinaede Bruijn 1967
genusMicrodyromysde Bruijn 1966

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.

G. †Microdyromys de Bruijn 1966
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Microdyromys complicatus De Bruijn 1966
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Invalid names: Paraglirulus scalabicensis Antunes and Mein 1977 [synonym]
Microdyromys koenigswaldi de Bruijn 1966
Microdyromys praemurinus Freudenberg 1941
Microdyromys sinuosus Alvarez-Sierra 1986
Invalid names: Myolidus Alvarez Sierra 1986 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995Small Gliridac with cheek teeth that have a concave occlusal surface.
Lingual side of uppcr check teeth ornamented. The four main ridges of M1, M2 and M3 are connected to an endoloph. Anterior centroloph of M1 and M2 longer than the posterior centroloph. P4 and M3 relatively large compared to other genera. The accessory ridges are lower than the main ridges.