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Pliopetaurista

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Pliopetaurista was named by Kretzoi (1962). It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Pliopetaurista Kretzoi
1997Pliopetaurista 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
genusPliopetauristaKretzoi 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. †Pliopetaurista Kretzoi 1962
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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, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002

Age range: base of the MN 10 to the top of the Villanyian or 9.70000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) P. sp. (205341)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333China (Yunnan) P. sp. (230332)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Greece (Chalkidiki) P. dehneli (191612)
MN 109.7 - 8.7Greece P. bressana (31223)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Niederoesterreich) P. bressana (32649)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Pliosciuropterus sp. (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) P. dehneli (32189)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece P. dehneli (31924)
Turolian - Ruscinian8.7 - 3.2Greece (Xanthi) P. dehneli (205296 205297)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) P. pliocaenica (172915)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain P. pliocaenica (68317)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) P. pliocaenica (43633)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) P. pliocaenica (32104)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Romania P. dehneli (40795) Pliopetaurista indet. (40796)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Kozani) P. dehneli (205083 205086)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) P. pliocenica (36103)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Russian Federation P. sp. (34110)
Ruscinian - Villanyian5.333 - 2.588Hungary (Barany) P. pliocaenica (35354)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland P. dehneli, P. sp. (32240)
MN 14 - MN 154.9 - 3.2Poland P. meini (33873)
MN 154.2 - 3.2Poland P. pliocaenica (33872)
MN 15 - MN 164.2 - 2.588Poland (Siedlce) P. dehneli (34840)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) P. pliocaenica (199747)
MN 163.2 - 2.588Poland P. dehneli (33473 33638)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Slovakia P. pliocaenica (41026)
Villanyian3.2 - 2.588Hungary (Borsodabaujzemplen) P. dehneli (35358)