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Taxonomy
Plesiosciurus was named by Qiu and Liu (1986).
It was assigned to Sciurini by Maridet et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Sciurini by Maridet et al. (2014).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1986 | Plesiosciurus Qiu and Liu |
| 2014 | Plesiosciurus Maridet et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 28.40000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (7 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Mongolia | P. sinensis (180971) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Mongolia | P. sinensis (85060 180965 181064 182089 182138) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | China (Jiangsu) | P. sinensis (13482) |