Acta Zoologica Cracoviensia, 40(2) 1997

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VOL 40(2) 1997

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Fossil mammals, rodents, Gliridae, Miocene, Kazakhstan

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Gliridae (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Miocene of the Zaisan Depression (Eastern Kazakhstan)

• Kazimierz KOWALSKI
• Nina S. SHEVYREVA

Abstract:

Three species of Gliridae belonging to the genera Microdyromys, Miodyromys and Prodryomys have been identified from the Miocene layers of the Zaisan Depression in Eastern Kazachstan. This is the first locality of Miocene dormice known from Kazakhstan and one of few such localities in Asia. All species were probably associated with the open, semi-arid environment.