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Miospermophilus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Miospermophilus was named by Black (1963). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Sciuridae by Black (1963) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Miospermophilus Black
1997Miospermophilus McKenna and Bell

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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
genusMiospermophilus

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. †Miospermophilus Black 1963
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†Miospermophilus bryanti Wilson 1960
†Miospermophilus lavertyi Dalquest et al. 1996
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, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the late Late Arikareean to the top of the Clarendonian or 29.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) M. sp. (17709)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) M. sp. (167847)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) M. sp. (167828 167829 167836 167839 167850 167851 167853 167856)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) M. sp. (17843 69807)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) M. sp. (19194 167830 167840 167841 167842)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) M. sp. (17892 69808 69916)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (South Dakota) M. sp. (17877 17878 17912 17914)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) M. sp. (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) M. sp. (19599)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nevada) M. sp., M. wyomingensis (18962)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Canada (Saskatchewan) M. wyomingensis (18003)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) M. wyomingensis (19073 19074 19075 19076 19078 19079 19081)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) M. wyomingensis (19369)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Nebraska) M. wyomingensis (17889)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) M. sp. (18141 18208 18284)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) M. sp. (19141 19173 19193 19281 19305 19313 19550 19557 214888 214889)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) M. bryanti (17976)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oklahoma) M. lavertyi (18463)