†Nototamias quadratus Korth 1992 (squirrel)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1992. Fossil small mammals from the Harrison Formation (late Arikareean: earliest Miocene), Cherry County, Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 61(2):69-132
Belongs to Nototamias according to W. W. Korth 1992
Sister taxon: Nototamias hulberti
Type specimen: Its type locality is McCann Canyon Quarry, which is in a Harrisonian terrestrial horizon in the Harrison Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (1: South Dakota)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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