Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: C. C. Black. 1963. A review of the North American Tertiary Sciuridae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 130(3):109-248
Belongs to Protosciurus according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Black 1963
Sister taxa: Protosciurus condoni, Protosciurus rachelae, Protosciurus tecuyensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is UNSM Sx-14 (Lower Orella), which is in an Orellan terrestrial horizon in the Brule Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Oligocene of United States (4: Nebraska)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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