†Plesiosciurus Qiu and Liu 1986 (squirrel)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciurini according to O. Maridet et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Microsciurus, Rheithrosciurus, Sciurus, Syntheosciurus
Subtaxa: Plesiosciurus sinensis
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (1 collection), Mongolia (5)
• Oligocene of Mongolia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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