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Petauristodon

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Petauristodon Engesser
1986Petauristodon Skwara p. 292
1997Petauristodon 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
genusPetauristodon

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. †Petauristodon Engesser 1979
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Petauristodon jamesi Lindsay 1972
Petauristodon mathewsi James 1963
Petauristodon minimus Lindsay 1972
Petauristodon pattersoni Pratt and Morgan 1989
Petauristodon uphami James 1963
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: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Geringian to the top of the Irvingtonian or 30.80000 to 0.30000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (17709)
Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (Oregon) P. sp. (212628)
late Late Arikareean30.8 - 20.43USA (California) P. sp. (167839 167853 167856)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (Montana) P. sp. (19000)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) P. uphami (19577)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) P. sp. (167841 167842)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama (Panama City) P. sp. (144879)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Texas) Sciuropterus jamesi, Sciuropterus minimus (18635)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) P. pattersoni (18597)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) P. mathewsi (19369)
Hemingfordian - Barstovian20.43 - 13.6USA (California) Sciuropterus sp. (19254)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Texas) Sciuropterus sp. (18646)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6Canada (Saskatchewan) Sciuropterus sp. (18759)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (California) Sciuropterus jamesi (19193 19280) Sciuropterus minimus (19281 19416) Sciuropterus uphami (19392 19498)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Nebraska) Sciuropterus sp. (18164 18261 18275 18284)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Wyoming) P. sp. (18990)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Oregon) Sciuropterus sp. (19017)
Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Louisiana) P. sp. (18666)
early Late Barstovian15.97 - 13.6USA (Montana) P. sp. (18848)
Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (California) Sciuropterus jamesi (19489 19541) Sciuropterus mathewsi (19181 19361 19453 19496 19515)
Late/Upper Clarendonian13.6 - 10.3USA (Nebraska) P. sp. (18327)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) P. sp. (20302)