Glis sackdillingensis minor, Striczky & Pazonyi, 2014

Striczky, L. & Pazonyi, P., 2014, Taxonomic study of the dormice (Gliridae, Mammalia) fauna from the late Early Pleistocene Somssich Hill 2 locality (Villány Hills, South Hungary) and its palaeoecological implications, Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 31, pp. 51-81 : 61

Glis minor Kowalski, 1956

1956 Glis sackdillingensis minor n. ssp. – KOWALSKI, p. 384–385, pl. IV, fig. 8, text-fig. 2f.

1959 Glis minor Kowalski, 1956 – KRETZOI, p. 240.

1963 Glis minor Kowalski, 1956 – KOWALSKI, p. 543–550, fig. 8–10.

1964 Glis minor Kowalski, 1956 – SULIMSKI, p. 228–229, pl. XIV.

Description – Since the molar teeth of the two Glis species are not distinguishable based on their morphological characters, description of teeth see above.

Remarks – In case of G. minor M 1, the lengths of teeth are between 1.45 and 1.6 mm, while the lengths of M 1 are between 1.42 and 1.6 mm ( Fig. 5 ). Within the sequence of locality, G. minor was the dominant dormouse in several layers (layers 2, 5, 12–14, 25–26, 28 and 45). The number of specimens increased particularly in the upper part of sequence.

Somssich Hill 2 locality was a later occurrence of G. minor , which earlier was only described from Pliocene (Csarnóta 2, Podlesice, Węże) and Early Pleistocene (Osztramos 7) localities ( JÁNOSSY 1986; KOWALSKI 1956).

Figures

Fig. 5. Biplot of the length and width measurements made on Glis teeth from the Somssich Hill 2 locality. a = lower M; b = upper M1