Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Sciuropterus mathewsi
Full reference: G. T. James. 1963. Paleontology and nonmarine stratigraphy of the Cuyama Valley badlands, California; Part 1, Geology, faunal interpretations, and systematic descriptions of Chiroptera, Insectivora, and Rodentia. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 45:1-154
Belongs to Petauristodon according to B. Engesser 1979
See also James 1963 and Pratt and Morgan 1989
Sister taxa: Petauristodon jamesi, Petauristodon minimus, Petauristodon pattersoni, Petauristodon uphami
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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