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Miopetaurista

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Miopetaurista Kretzoi
1970Cryptopterus Mein
1980Cryptopterus Kurten and Anderson p. 222
1980Miopetaurista de Bruijn et al. p. 251
1997Cryptopterus McKenna and Bell
2003Miopetaurista Mercer and Roth

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
genusMiopetauristaKretzoi 1962

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.

G. †Miopetaurista Kretzoi 1962
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Miopetaurista dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980
Miopetaurista gibberosa Hofmann 1893
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Invalid names: Sciurus goeriachensis Hofmann 1893 [synonym]
Miopetaurista lappi Mein 1958
Miopetaurista thaleri Mein 1970
Miopetaurista tobieni Mein 1970
Miopetaurista webbi Robertson 1976
Invalid names: Cryptopterus Mein 1970 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the MN 3 to the top of the MN 16 or 20.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) M. sp. (35751)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Greece M. dehmi (68032)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97China (Jiangsu) M. sp. 1, M. sp. 2 (41813 43400)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) M. dehmi (199780 199781 199782)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Germany (Bavaria) M. dehmi (68040)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Greece (Euboea) M. dehmi (205044)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) M. dehmi (74538 74539)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) M. sp. (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) M. sp. (46284)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) M. dehmi (44977) M. sp. (45597 45612 45613)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) M. dehmi (32071)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bayern) M. dehmi (44955 44971 44974 44975 44976)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) M. sp. (46285)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany M. lappi (46955)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) M. gaillardi, M. gibberosa (42594) M. gibberosa (42588)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608China (Nei Mongol) M. sp. (13484)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) M. sp. (45614)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) M. sp. (46238)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) M. gaillardi (38137)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Cryptopterus gaillardi (49421)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) M. sp. (75481)
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Zanclean10.3 - 3.6USA (Florida) M. webbi (18535)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) M. thaleri (32189)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine (Odessa) M. sp. (168005)
MN 144.9 - 4.2France (Hérault) M. thaleri (68419)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Petauria sp. (19752)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland Cryptopterus thaleri (33473)