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Xerini

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Xerini is a tribe. It is extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2003Xerini 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
tribeXerini
tribeXerini

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. Xerini
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G. Atlantoxerus Major 1893
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†Atlantoxerus blacki de Bruijn 1967
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Invalid names: Atlantoxerus idubedensis Cuenca Bescós 1988 [synonym]
Atlantoxerus getulus Linnaeus 1758 [Barbary ground squirrel]
†Atlantoxerus rhodius de Bruijn et al. 1970
Invalid names: Getuloxerus Lavocat 1961 [replaced]
G. Spermophilopsis Blasius 1884 [long-clawed ground squirrel]
G. Xerus Hemprich and Ehrenberg 1833 [African ground squirrel]
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Xerus inauris Zimmermann 1893 [Cape ground squirrel]
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Invalid names: Myoxus africanus Shaw 1801 [objective synonym], Sciurus capensis Kerr 1792 [objective synonym]
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

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

Collections (45 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Atlantoxerus sp. (48126)
MN 320.0 - 16.9China (Xinjiang) Atlantoxerus sp. (125716)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Midi-Pyrénées) Xerus grivensis (71873)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Spain (Catalonia) Atlantoxerus idubedensis (180192)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Namibia Xerini indet. (21855)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Saudi Arabia Atlantoxerus sp. (41818)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333China (Nei Mongol) Atlantoxerus sp. (13483)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62China (Xinjiang) Atlantoxerus sp. (42246)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Zaragoza) Getuloxerus sp. (35877)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain Atlantoxerus adroveri (40765)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria Atlantoxerus sp. (34659)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mongolia (Övörkhangai) Atlantoxerus sp. (75600)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Spain (Granada) Atlantoxerus rhodius (26752)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Algeria (Setif) Atlantoxerus sp. (35363 35364)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Xerus sp. (24181)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Morocco Atlantoxerus sp. (34366)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Granada) Atlantoxerus adroveri (35077)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) Atlantoxerus adroveri (35315 35316 35319 35324 35328 35329) Getuloxerus adroveri (35339)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Murcia) Atlantoxerus sp. (37546)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Atlantoxerus rhodius (144566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Libya Atlantoxerus getulus (28304)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Xerus sp. (59839)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Greece (Rhodes) Atlantoxerus rhodius (68046)
MN 137.246 - 4.9Spain Atlantoxerus sp. (68317)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6China (Nei Mongol) Atlantoxerus sp. (75300)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Spain (Aragon) Atlantoxerus rhodius (32103)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Tanzania (Eastern Drift Valley) Xerus janenschi, Xerus sp. (32050)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Xerus erythropus (21546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ethiopia Xerus sp. (21784)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Tanzania Xerus janenschi (21831) Xerus sp. (21813)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Xerus erythropus (21632) Xerus sp. (21545 21625 21627)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Tanzania Xerus janenschi (21804 21805)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Cote D'Ivoire Xerus erythropus (21692)