†Hesperopetes thoringtoni Emry and Korth 2007 (squirrel)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth. 2007. A new genus of squirrel (Rodentia, Sciuridae) from the mid-Cenozoic of North America. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 27(3):693-698
Belongs to Hesperopetes according to R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth 2007
Sister taxa: Hesperopetes blacki, Hesperopetes jamesi
Type specimen: USNM 417518, a set of teeth (right p4-m3). Its type locality is Flagstaff Rim I, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial horizon in the White River Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Flagstaff Rim I
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