Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Sciuropterus jamesi
Full reference: E. H. Lindsay. 1972. Small mammal fossils from the Barstow Formation, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 93:1-104
Belongs to Petauristodon according to B. Engesser 1979
See also Lindsay 1972 and Pratt and Morgan 1989
Sister taxa: Petauristodon mathewsi, Petauristodon minimus, Petauristodon pattersoni, Petauristodon uphami
Type specimen: Its type locality is Carnivore Canyon 5, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: California, Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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