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Petauristodon mathewsi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciuropterus mathewsi was named by James (1963).

It was recombined as Petauristodon mathewsi by Engesser (1979) and Pratt and Morgan (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Sciuropterus mathewsi James
1979Petauristodon mathewsi Engesser
1989Petauristodon mathewsi Pratt and Morgan

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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
genusPetauristodon
speciesmathewsi()

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.

†Petauristodon mathewsi James 1963
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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 Late/Upper Hemingfordian to the top of the Clarendonian or 20.43000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) Petauristodon mathewsi (19369)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Sciuropterus mathewsi (19181 19361 19453 19496 19515)