RT Journal Article
T1 Gliridae (Rodentia, Mammalia) with a simple dental pattern: A new genus and new species from the European Early and Middle Miocene
A1 García Paredes, Israel
A1 Peláez Campomanes, Pablo
A1 Álvarez Sierra, María De Los Ángeles
AB A new genus of Gliridae, Simplomys gen. nov. is proposed. It contains glirids with a simplified dental pattern from the European Early and Middle Miocene. Simplomys gen. nov. includes several species originally described as Pseudodryomys such as Simplomys simplicidens, Simplomys robustus, Simplomys julii, and Simplomys aljaphi. In addition, a new species, Simplomys meulenorum sp. nov., is proposed from the Spanish Miocene. The species of this genus share not only a very reduced and simplified dental morphology, but also unique dental proportions that clearly separate them from any other genera of Gliridae. Simplomys gen. nov. is recorded in most of the fossil faunas from the Early and Middle Miocene of the Iberian Peninsula, and shows the maximum diversity in this area during Mammal Neogene Zones MN 3 and MN 4. The genus has been also recorded in other European countries such as France, Germany, and Switzerland, conferring to this very characteristic taxon an important role for biochronological correlations within the European continent.
PB Oxford University Press
SN 0024-4082, ESSN: 1096-3642
YR 2009
FD 2009
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52875
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/52875
LA eng
NO Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología
NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia. Dirección General de Investigación Científica y Técnica
NO Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia.
NO Comunidad de Madrid
DS Docta Complutense
RD 10 abr 2025