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Taxonomy
Vulcanisciurus was named by Lavocat (1973). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1973 | Vulcanisciurus Lavocat |
| 1997 | Vulcanisciurus 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. †Vulcanisciurus Lavocat 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 20.44000 to 11.60800 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burdigalian | Kenya | V. africanus (87341) | |
| Middle Miocene | Namibia | V. sp. (21855) | |
| Tortonian | Kenya | V. africanus (219711) |