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Taxonomy
Pteromyinae is a subfamily. It is extant.
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Hay (1902) and Mercer and Roth (2003).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by Hay (1902) and Mercer and Roth (2003).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1902 | Pteromyinae Hay p. 718 |
1980 | Petauristini de Bruijn et al. p. 248 |
2003 | Pteromyinae Mercer and Roth |
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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.
Subfm. Pteromyinae
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G. Aeretes Allen 1940 [Chinese flying squirrel]
G. Aeromys Robinson and Kloss 1915 [large black flying squirrel]
G. Belomys Thomas 1908
G. Eoglaucomys Howell 1915
G. Eupetaurus Thomas 1888 [woolly flying squirrel]
G. Glaucomys Thomas 1908 [flying squirrel]
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Glaucomys sabrinus Shaw 1801 [northern flying squirrel]
Glaucomys volans Linnaeus 1758 [southern flying squirrel]
G. Iomys Thomas 1908
G. Petaurillus Thomas 1908 [pygmy flying squirrel]
G. Petaurista Link 1795 [Giant flying squirrel]
G. Petinomys Thomas 1908 [small flying squirrel]
G. Pteromys Cuvier 1800 [Eurasian flying squirrel]
G. Pteromyscus Thomas 1908 [smoky flying squirrel]
G. Trogopterus Heude 1898 [complex-toothed flying squirrel]
Invalid names: Petauristini [invalid subgroup]
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, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Holocene or 20.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma
Collections (70 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Burdigalian | Greece | Aliveria brinkerinki, Aliveria luteyni (68032) | |
Burdigalian | Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) | Aliveria luteyni (39714 199780 199781 199782) | |
MN 3 | Greece (Euboea) | Aliveria luteyni (205044) | |
MN 4 | Austria (Styria) | Hylopetes hoeckarum (74538 74539) | |
MN 4 | Greece (Thrace) | Aliveria luteijni (69435) | |
MN 5 | Germany | Hylopetes sp. (46955) | |
Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Hylopetes sp. (11798) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Crete) | Hylopetes sp. (183151) | |
Late/Upper Miocene | Greece (Kozani) | Hylopetes hungaricus (205341) | |
MN 9 | Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) | Hylopetes sp. (75481) | |
Turolian | Greece (Central Macedonia) | Hylopetes macedoniensis (32189) | |
Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Hylopetes sp. (44220 44221 44223 44224) | |
Turolian | Greece | Hylopetes sp. A (31940) | |
Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | Hylopetes sp. (144566) | |
Messinian | Italy (Piedmont) | Hylopetes hungaricus (199860) | |
Ruscinian | Greece (Macedonia) | Hylopetes sp. (35086) | |
Piacenzian | Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) | Hylopetes hungaricus (199747) | |
Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Glaucomys sp. (20384) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Anhui) | Petaurista brachyodus, Trogopterus sp. (68380) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Petaurista brachyodus, Petaurista sp., Belomys parapearsoni, Pteromys sp. (214689) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (125973) | |
Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Glaucomys sp. (123875) Glaucomys volans (124319) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Virginia) | Glaucomys sp. (20388) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (West Virginia) | Glaucomys volans (20554 20555) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Florida) | Glaucomys sp. (20385) Glaucomys volans (20289) | |
Irvingtonian | USA (Maryland) | Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys volans (20302) | |
Middle Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys volans (104662) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Guizhou) | Trogopterus xanthipes, Belomys pearsoni (51100) | |
Rancholabrean | USA (Florida) | Glaucomys volans (20491 195112) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Florida) | Glaucomys volans (154722) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (82258 103991) Glaucomys sp. (104685) Glaucomys volans (104758 124089) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Georgia) | Glaucomys volans (20604) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial) | USA (Tennessee) | Glaucomys sabrinus (82890) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Petaurista xanthotis, Petaurista alborufus, Belomys pearsoni (92787) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Philippines | Hylopetes nigripes (194834 194835) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Glaucomys volans (20573) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (West Virginia) | Glaucomys sabrinus (123868 124198) Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (93332 124199) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Michigan) | Glaucomys volans (200485) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Glaucomys volans (154805) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Japan (Aomori) | Pteromys sp. (101899) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (104035 104672) Glaucomys sp. (104670) Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (104034) Glaucomys volans (104044) | |
Holocene | USA (Ohio) | Glaucomys sp. (195062) | |
Holocene | USA (Tennessee) | Glaucomys sp. (124320 124321 124322) | |
Holocene | USA (Montana) | Glaucomys sabrins (162133) | |
Holocene | USA (Virginia) | Glaucomys sp. (104040) |