III.—On Fossil Dormice

C. I. Forsyth Major

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III.—On Fossil Dormice

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C. I. Forsyth Major

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In the nomenclature of fossil Myoxidæ, the generic term Myoxus has hitherto been used in a broad sense, under the assumption that the distinctive characters of the recent genera of the family are not apparent in their Tertiary representatives. It is my purpose to show in the present note that this is not the case, there being in the Middle Miocene, at any rate, two forms of Myoxidæ, one a Muscardinus, the other an Eliomys, which have been mixed up together by several previous writers, under the name Myoxus Sansaniensis.

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Information: Geological Magazine , Volume 6 , Issue 11 , November 1899 , pp. 492 - 501

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0016756800142700 [Opens in a new window]
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^{page 492 note 1} It is almost generally admitted that the genus. is represented by only one recent species. However, the Italian Muscardinus rejoices in two specific names: Myoxus speciosus, Dehne, from Tursi in the Basilicata, Southern Italy (Allg. deutsche naturhist. Zeit., 1855, p. 180); and Muscardinus pulcher, Barrett-Hamilton, from Siena in Tuscany, Central Italy (Ann. Mag. Xat. Hist. (7), ii, 1898, p. 424). I have examined the skull and dentition of the type of M.pulcher and cannot find the slightest difference from Northern specimens. On ‘Myoxus speciosus’ see Blasius, Naturg. Säugeth. Deutschl., 1857, p. 298.

^{page 492 note 2} Winge, “Om græske pattedyr”: Vidensk. Meddel. Naturh. Foren. Kjöbenhavn f. Aaret, 1881, p. 52 (1882).

^{page 493 note 1} Loc. cit.

^{page 493 note 2} Zool. Pal. fr., pl. xliv, figs. 14–19.

^{page 493 note 3} See Cat. Foss. Mamm. Brit. Mus., part i, p. 224.

^{page 493 note 4} Lydekker, Cat. Foss. Mamm., part i, p. 224.

^{page 494 note 1} A. Nehring, “Zum Zahnsystem der Myoxinen”: Zeitschr. Gesammt. Naturw., 1879, p. 739.

^{page 494 note 2} Nehring, loc. cit.

^{page 495 note 1} Arch. Mus. Lyon, iv (1887), p. 154.

^{page 495 note 2} Ib., v (1892), p. 51.

^{page 495 note 3} A. Hofmann, “Die Fauna von Göriach”: Abh. k. k. Geol. Reichsanst., xv (1893), 6, p. 43, pi. iii, figs. 15, 16.

^{page 495 note 4} (). Fraas, “Die Fauna von Steinheim”: Württemb. Naturw. Jahresh., xxvi (1870), p. 180.

^{page 496 note 1} Loc. cit, p. 97 (79), pi. vi (ii), fig. 46.

^{page 496 note 2} Ann. Sc. Géol., xxi (1891), art. No. 1, p. 39.

^{page 496 note 3} Arch. Mus. Lyon, v (1892), p. 51.

^{page 496 note 4} Loc. cit., pi. vi (ii), fig. 48.

^{page 497 note 1} C. L. Reuvens: “Die Myoxiæ oder Schläfer” (1870).

^{page 497 note 2} Op. cit., p. 738.

^{page 498 note 1} E. nitedula has been sometimes considered to be a species of Glis. Besides the agreements with E. quereinus pointed out in the text, the upper molars of E. nitedulu likewise decidedly favour the same view, as has been shown by Winge: Vidensk. Medd. Naturh. For. Kjöbenhavn f. Aaret, 1881, pp. 51, 52 (1882).

^{page 498 note 2} Op. cit, p. 20.

^{page 498 note 3} Parti (1885), pp. 224–5.

^{page 498 note 4} H winge. “Jordfundne og nulevende Gnavere, etc.”: E Museo Lundii, I, iii (1887), pp. 118, 166.

^{page 499 note 1} Pomel: Catal. Méth. et Descr. (des Vert, foss., etc.. 1853, p. 24.

^{page 499 note 2} R. Lydekker, “On the Affinities of the so-called Extinct Giant Dormouse of Malta”: Proc. Zool. Soe. London, 1895, p. 860.

^{page 499 note 3} H. Winge, “om græske Pattedyr”: loc. cit., p. 51.

^{page 500 note 1} Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1842, p. 126.

^{page 500 note 2} Zool. Pal. Fr., 2^e éd. (1859), p. 27.

^{page 500 note 3} “Introduction to the Study of Mammals,” 1891, pp. 449, 459, 484.

^{page 500 note 4} For example, in Zenkerella (Aëthurus). Cf. Winton, W. E. de, “On a New Genus aud Species of Rodents of the Family Anomaluridæ”: Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1898, p. 450Google Scholar

^{page 500 note 5} H. Winge, “Jordfundne og nulevende Gnavere”: loc. cit., 1887, p. 118.

^{page 500 note 6} “Handbuch der Palaeontologie,” I, iv (1893), p. 526.

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