Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Synonym: Cryptopterus Mein 1970
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to Mein 1970
See also Daxner-Höck and Mein 1975, de Bruijn et al. 1980, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Mercer and Roth 2003
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Miosciurus, Miospermophilus, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Paenemarmota, Palaearctomys, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Paratamias, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protosciurus, Protospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Miopetaurista crusafonti Miopetaurista dehmi Miopetaurista diescalidus Miopetaurista gaillardi Miopetaurista gibberosa Miopetaurista lappi Miopetaurista neogrivensis Miopetaurista thaleri Miopetaurista tobieni Miopetaurista webbi
Type: Sciuropterus albanensis
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Pliocene of France (1), Poland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Austria (2), China (3), France (2), Germany (12), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Spain (1), Switzerland (4)
Total: 39 collections including 42 occurrences
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