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Taxonomy
Protosciurus was named by Black (1963). It is not extant. Its type is Protosciurus condoni.
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Black (1963), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Black (1963), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Korth et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1963 | Protosciurus Black |
1997 | Protosciurus McKenna and Bell |
2022 | Protosciurus Korth et al. |
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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. †Protosciurus Black 1963
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†Protosciurus condoni Black 1963
†Protosciurus mengi Black 1963
†Protosciurus rachelae Black 1963
†Protosciurus tecuyensis Bryant 1945
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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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 Orellan to the top of the Hemingfordian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma
Collections (16 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | P. mengi (230806) | |
Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | P. mengi (17212 17216 17238 17250) | |
Arikareean | USA (Oregon) | P. mengi, P. rachelae (212629) P. sp., P. n. sp., P. condoni, P. rachelae (212628) | |
Arikareean | USA (California) | P. sp. (17497) Sciuridae indet. (17701) | |
Arikareean | USA (Nebraska) | P. sp. (17542) | |
Chattian | USA (Florida) | P. sp. (17860) | |
Monroecreekian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | P. sp. (17526) | |
Harrisonian | USA (Nebraska) | P. sp. (17816) | |
Harrisonian | USA (Florida) | P. sp. (17837) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Texas) | P. sp. (18635) | |
Early/Lower Barstovian | USA (Texas) | P. sp. (18665) |