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Muscardinus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Muscardinus Kaup
1943Pentaglis Kretzoi
1966Eomuscardinus Hartenberger
1995Muscardinus Daams and de Bruijn p. 9
1997Muscardinus Kowalski
1997Eomuscardinus McKenna and Bell
1997Muscardinus McKenna and Bell
1997Pentaglis McKenna and Bell

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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
subfamilyGlirinaeThomas 1897
genusMuscardinusKaup 1829

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. Muscardinus Kaup 1829
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†Muscardinus austriacus Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
Muscardinus avellanarius Linnaeus 1758 [hazel dormouse]
†Muscardinus crusafonti Hartenberger 1966
†Muscardinus cyclopeus Agusti et al. 1982
†Muscardinus dacicus Kormos 1930
†Muscardinus davidi Hugueney and Mein 1965
†Muscardinus heintzi Aguilar 1981
†Muscardinus helleri Fejfar and Storch 1990
†Muscardinus hispanicus de Bruijn 1966
†Muscardinus pliocaenicus Kowalski 1963
†Muscardinus sansaniensis Lartet 1856
†Muscardinus thaleri De Bruijn 1966
†Muscardinus vallesiensis Hartenberger 1966
†Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein 1965
Invalid names: Eomuscardinus Hartenberger 1966 [synonym], Pentaglis Kretzoi 1943 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. Daams and H. de Bruijn 1995P4 very small indeed. M1 conspicuously larger than M2, with five well-developcd ridges, the depressions between them very broad; the ridges oblique, the tooth lengthened: M2 with seven transverse ridges, the depressions between them narrow; M3 like M2 but smaller, with ridges less developed. P4 usually with two ridges.
In the lower cheekteeth thcrc are six ridges extending across each tooth cxcept the much reduced premolar; the lower first molar is less enlarged than the upper first molar, and its ridges less oblique. (from Ellerman (1941) dental characteristics only)
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (95 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France M. sp., M. sansaniensis (200296)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (36886)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (36888)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (45612 45613)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (90354)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) M. sp. (180192)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Eomuscardinus sp., Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (46229)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bayern) M. sansaniensis (49519)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Midi-Pyrenees) M. sansaniensis (32191)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (45603)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Slovakia (Bratislava) M. sansaniense (69711)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (46273)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Romania (Bihor) M. sansaniensis (200044)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (46265)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) M. sp., Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Romania (Bihor) M. sansaniensis (200051)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain Eomuscardinus sp., M. hispanicus (78058) M. thaleri (70806)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain (Cataluña) M. sansaniensis (92640)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (46264 46288)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) M. hispanicus (36977)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Eomuscardinus sansaniensis (34256) M. hispanicus (206345)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) M. hispanicus, M. vallesiensis (193492)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Crete) M. crusafonti (205360)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Aragon) M. crusafonti (35301 35302 35303)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Zaragoza) M. pliocaenicus (35877)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Attiki) M. sp. (195562)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) M. vireti (205341)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) M. vireti (175903)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Spain M. cyclopeus (214631)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Turkey M. thaleri (176198)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) M. hispanicus, M. vallesiensis (75481)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Poland M. hispanicus (31039)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) M. pliocaenicus (32649)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) M. pliocaenicus (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) M. pliocaenicus (32189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) M. vireti (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) M. sp. (144566)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain M. vireti (68317)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Turkey M. sp. (234457)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Tarragona) M. vireti (165802)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) M. sp., M. pliocaenicus (43633)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2France (Roussillon) M. sp. (35064)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Dodecanese) M. sp. (205291)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Albacete) M. pliocaenicus (41944)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Spain (Balearic Islands) M. cyclopeus (136227)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) M. sp. (35354)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117France (Midi-Pyrenees) M. pliocaenicus (35076)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland M. pliocaenicus, M. dacicus (32240)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland M. pliocaenicus (33396)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) M. helleri (199747)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) M. sp. (32112)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Italy (Piedmont) M. sp. (49360)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland M. pliocaenicus (33473)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Italy (Venetia) M. pliocaenicus (50895)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) M. sp. (35358)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Spain (Andalucia) M. sp. (34998)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Netherlands (Limburg) M. pliocaenicus (68018)
MN 172.588 - 1.806Poland M. sp., M. avellanarius (32485)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Foggia) M. avellanarius (41000)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) M. dacicus (35428)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Verona) M. dacicus (51625)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Romania M. dacicus (32145 32192 32194 32195 33973 34009 71662)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy (Tuscany) M. sp. (51778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129Czech Republic M. sp. (35907)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Middle Pleistocene2.588 - 0.129France (Alpes Maritimes) M. avellanarius (50682)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Belgium M. sp. (34127)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Spain (Islas Baleares) M. sp. (36974)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) M. avellanarius (49999)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Vicenza) M. avellanarius (43666)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Austria (Niederoesterreich) M. sp. (50258)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Czech Republic M. sp. (36214)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Niedersachsen) M. avellanarius (50249)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) M. dacicus (35472)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Hungary M. avellanarius (35476)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greece M. avellanarius (203847 204954)