†Hesperopetes blacki 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 jamesi, Hesperopetes thoringtoni
Type specimen: CM 76144, a tooth (left m1 or m2). Its type locality is Harris Ranch Unit E Silt, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in South Dakota.
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Harris Ranch Unit E Silt
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