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Sciurotamias (Chinese rock squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciurotamias was named by Miller (1901). It is extant.

It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Mercer and Roth (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data
S. praecox

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Sciurotamias Miller
1997Sciurotamias McKenna and Bell
2003Sciurotamias Mercer and Roth

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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
genusSciurotamiasMiller 1901

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. Sciurotamias Miller 1901 [Chinese rock squirrel]
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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: Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Turolian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 8.70000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Sciurotamias sp. (11798)
MN 10 - MN 119.7 - 7.75China (Shaanxi) Sciurotamias sp. (78314 78316)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Sciurotamias sp. (44219 44220 44223)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Ukraine (Odessa) Sciurotamias sp. (168005)
MN 144.9 - 4.2Poland Sciurotamias sp. (32240)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Sciurotamias davidianus (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) Sciurotamias praecox (68380)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guizhou) Sciurotamias sp. (51100)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Sciurotamias forresti (92787)