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Muscardinus vireti

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Taxonomy
Muscardinus vireti was named by Hugueney and Mein (1965). It is not extant.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein

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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()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—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
speciesviretiHugueney and Mein 1965

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.

†Muscardinus vireti Hugueney and Mein 1965
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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: Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the MN 13 or 7.24600 to 4.90000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Italy (Cuneo) Muscardinus vireti (175903)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Muscardinus vireti (205341)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Muscardinus vireti (172910 172912 172914 172915 172916 199859 199860)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain Muscardinus vireti (68317)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Tarragona) Muscardinus vireti (165802)