Paratamias tarassus Tedrow et al. 2001 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: A. R. Tedrow, S. F. Robison, and W. W. Korth. 2001. Early Hemphillian (late Miocene) sciurid rodents (Mammalia) from southeastern Idaho. Paludicola 3(3):80-94

Belongs to Paratamias according to A. R. Tedrow et al. 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rockland Valley Gravel Quarry, which is in a Hemphillian fluvial-lacustrine claystone in the Starlight Formation of Idaho

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Rockland Valley Gravel Quarry

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