†Paratamias tarassus Tedrow et al. 2001 (squirrel)
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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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