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Taxonomy
Micromys bendai was named by van de Weerd (1979) [Type locality, Ptolemais 1.]. It is not extant. Its type specimen is IVAU, PT393, an upper M1., a tooth. Its type locality is Ptolemais 1, which is in a Ruscinian mire/swamp lignite in Greece.
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1979 | Micromys bendai van de Weerd |
1979 | Micromys kozaniensis van de Weerd |
1979 | Micromys bendai van de Weerd pp. 144-145 figs. Plate 3, fig. 4, 5, 9, 11. Plate 4, fig. |
1979 | Micromys kozaniensis van de Weerd pp. 145-146 figs. Plate 3, Fig. 6, 8. Plate 4, Fig. 7, 12. |
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†Micromys bendai van de Weerd 1979
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Invalid names: Micromys kozaniensis van de Weerd 1979 [synonym]
Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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A. van de Weerd 1979 | Medium sized Micromys. The t7 is situated more anteriorly than other Micromys species. The t12 is small. The upper molars are broad. | |
A. van de Weerd 1979 (Micromys kozaniensis) | medium sized Micromys, with relatively slender molars and a large t7 with a posterior position. The outline of the M1 shows a rather deep inflexion between t1 and t2. |
Measurements
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979 |
Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (22 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Turolian | Greece | Micromys bendai (31928 31940 32190) Muridae indet. (31924) | |
Turolian | Greece (Kozani) | Micromys bendai (205089 205090 205093) | |
Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Micromys bendai (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860) | |
Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | Micromys kozaniensis (75300) | |
Ruscinian | Greece (Kozani) | Micromys bendai (205082 205086 205087 205088) | |
Ruscinian | Greece (Macedonia) | Micromys bendai (type locality: 35086) Micromys kozaniensis (35088) | |
Ruscinian - Pliocene | Greece | Micromys bendai (31931) |