Miopetaurista dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: H. de Bruijn, A.J. van der Meulen, and G. Katsikatsos. 1980. The mammals from the Lower Miocene of Aliveri (Island of Evia, Greece). Part 1. The Sciuridae. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 83(3):241-261

Belongs to Miopetaurista according to H. de Bruijn et al. 1980

Sister taxa: Miopetaurista crusafonti, Miopetaurista diescalidus, Miopetaurista gaillardi, Miopetaurista gibberosa, Miopetaurista lappi, Miopetaurista neogrivensis, Miopetaurista thaleri, Miopetaurista tobieni, Miopetaurista webbi

Type specimen: BSP 1937 II 10997, m1 inf. sin., a tooth. Its type locality is Wintershof-West, which is in a MN 3 fissure fill horizon in Germany.

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), France (1), Germany (7), Greece (2), Serbia and Montenegro (3)

Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence

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