Paraglirulus Engesser 1972 (dormouse)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae

Full reference: B. Engesser. 1972. Die obermiozäne Säugetierfauna von Anwil (Baselland); (The Upper Miocene mammalian fauna of Anwil, Baselland). Tätigkeitsberichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft Baselland 28:35-364

Parent taxon: Gliridae according to B. Engesser 1972

See also Daams 1989, Daams and de Bruijn 1995 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Armantomys, Bransatoglirinae, Dryomyinae, Gliravinae, Glirinae, Glirurus, Graphiurops, Graphiurus, Leithia, Leithiinae, Mioglis, Myomiminae, Myomimus, Paraglis, Peridyromys, Plesiodyromys, Praearmantomys, Schizogliravus, Stertomys, Suevoglis, Tenuiglis

Subtaxa: Paraglirulus agelakisi Paraglirulus conjunctus Paraglirulus werenfelsi Paraglirulus werenflesi

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Type: Paraglirulus werenfelsi

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Germany (10 collections), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Romania (1), Spain (6), Switzerland (9)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Turkey (1)

Total: 31 collections including 35 occurrences

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