Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Alternative spelling: Glis
Synonym: Myoxus Zimmermann 1780 [objective synonym]
Full reference: M. J. Brisson. 1762. Regnum Animale in classes IX distributum, sive synopsis methodica, Ed. 2
Parent taxon: Glirinae according to K. Kowalski 1997
See also Boule and De Villeneuve 1927, Daams and de Bruijn 1995, Gray 1825, Illiger 1811, International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 1998 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Glirudinus, Glirulus, Heissigia, Heteromyoxus, Muscardinus, Myoglis, Seorsumuscardinus
Subtaxa: Glis antiquus Glis apertus Glis galitopouli Glis glis Glis guerbuezi Glis major Glis minor Glis sackdillingensis Glis sussenbornensis Glis transversus Glis truyolsi Glis vallesiensis Myoxus glirulus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), the Czech Republic (2), France (5), Germany (3), Greece (6), Hungary (9), Italy (14), Malta (1), Monaco (1), Poland (2), Romania (8)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Italy (1)
• Pliocene of France (4), Germany (2), Greece (3), Hungary (4), Italy (1), Poland (3), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Greece (5), Hungary (1), Italy (7), Poland (4), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Spain (1), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of Turkey (2)
Total: 101 collections including 105 occurrences