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Taxonomy
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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2003 | Protoxerini 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.
Tr. Protoxerini
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G. Epixerus Thomas 1909 [Splendid-tailed Squirrel]
G. Funisciurus Trouessart 1880 [Rope Squirrel]
G. Heliosciurus Trouessart 1880 [Sun Squirrel]
G. Myosciurus Thojmas 1909
G. Paraxerus Forsyth Major 1893 [African Bush Squirrel]
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Paraxerus palliatus Peters 1852 [red bush squirrel]
Paraxerus palliatus sponsus Thomas and Wroughton 1907
G. Protoxerus Forsyth Major 1893 [African giant squirrel]
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
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tortonian - Zanclean | Ethiopia | Paraxerus sp. (22139) | |
Pliocene | Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) | Paraxerus sp. (32050) | |
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian | Ethiopia | Paraxerus ochraceus (21546) | |
Piacenzian | Tanzania | Paraxerus sp. (21796 21811) | |
Gelasian | Ethiopia | Paraxerus ochraceus (21545 21632) | |
Pleistocene - Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Funisciurus sp., Protoxerus stangeri (22074) | |
Middle Pleistocene | South Africa (Namaqualand) | Paraxerus inuus (51188) | |
Holocene | Congo-Kinshasa | Paraxerus sp., Funisciurus sp., Protoxerus stangeri, Heliosciurus rufobrachium (22073) | |
Holocene | Zambia | Paraxerus cepapi (21894) | |
Holocene | South Africa (N. Transraal) | Paraxerus cepapi (21693) |