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Taxonomy
Petauristodon was named by Engesser (1979). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Engesser (1979), Skwara (1986) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Engesser (1979), Skwara (1986) and McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1979 | Petauristodon Engesser |
1986 | Petauristodon Skwara p. 292 |
1997 | Petauristodon McKenna and Bell |
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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.
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
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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 |
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Geringian | USA (Nebraska) | P. sp. (17709) | |
Arikareean | USA (Oregon) | P. sp. (212628) | |
late Late Arikareean | USA (California) | P. sp. (167839 167853 167856) | |
Miocene | USA (Montana) | P. sp. (19000) | |
Miocene | USA (California) | P. uphami (19577) | |
Early/Lower Hemingfordian | USA (California) | P. sp. (167841 167842) | |
Early/Lower Hemingfordian | Panama (Panama City) | P. sp. (144879) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Texas) | Sciuropterus jamesi, Sciuropterus minimus (18635) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | P. pattersoni (18597) | |
Late/Upper Hemingfordian | USA (California) | P. mathewsi (19369) | |
Hemingfordian - Barstovian | USA (California) | Sciuropterus sp. (19254) | |
Barstovian | USA (Texas) | Sciuropterus sp. (18646) | |
Barstovian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Sciuropterus sp. (18759) | |
Barstovian | USA (California) | Sciuropterus jamesi (19193 19280) Sciuropterus minimus (19281 19416) Sciuropterus uphami (19392 19498) | |
Barstovian | USA (Nebraska) | Sciuropterus sp. (18164 18261 18275 18284) | |
Barstovian | USA (Wyoming) | P. sp. (18990) | |
Barstovian | USA (Oregon) | Sciuropterus sp. (19017) | |
Barstovian | USA (Louisiana) | P. sp. (18666) | |
early Late Barstovian | USA (Montana) | P. sp. (18848) | |
Clarendonian | USA (California) | Sciuropterus jamesi (19489 19541) Sciuropterus mathewsi (19181 19361 19453 19496 19515) | |
Late/Upper Clarendonian | USA (Nebraska) | P. sp. (18327) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | P. sp. (20302) |