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Pteromyinae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Pteromyinae Hay p. 718
1980Petauristini de Bruijn et al. p. 248
2003Pteromyinae 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
subfamilyPteromyinae
subfamilyPteromyinae

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.

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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. Hylopetes Thomas 1908
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†Hylopetes hoeckarum de Bruijn 1998
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
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, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991

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 (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Aliveria luteyni (39714 199780 199781 199782)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Greece Aliveria brinkerinki, Aliveria luteyni (68032)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Greece (Euboea) Aliveria luteyni (205044)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Greece (Thrace) Aliveria luteijni (69435)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Austria (Styria) Hylopetes hoeckarum (74538 74539)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Hylopetes sp. (46955)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Hylopetes sp. (11798)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Hylopetes sp. (183151)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Kozani) Hylopetes hungaricus (205341)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Hylopetes sp. (75481)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece Hylopetes sp. A (31940)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Hylopetes sp. (44220 44221 44223 44224)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Central Macedonia) Hylopetes macedoniensis (32189)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Ravenna) Hylopetes sp. (144566)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Italy (Piedmont) Hylopetes hungaricus (199860)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Macedonia) Hylopetes sp. (35086)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Hylopetes hungaricus (199747)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (Florida) Glaucomys sp. (20384)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) Petaurista brachyodus, Trogopterus sp. (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Petaurista brachyodus, Petaurista sp., Belomys parapearsoni, Pteromys sp. (214689)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (125973)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys sp. (123875) Glaucomys volans (124319)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys volans (20554 20555)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Florida) Glaucomys sp. (20385) Glaucomys volans (20289)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Maryland) Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys volans (20302)
Irvingtonian1.8 - 0.3USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sp. (20388)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys volans (104662)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129China (Guizhou) Trogopterus xanthipes, Belomys pearsoni (51100)
Rancholabrean0.3 - 0.012USA (Florida) Glaucomys volans (20491 195112)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glaucomys volans (154722)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Aomori) Pteromys sp. (101899)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (West Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus (123868 124198) Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (93332 124199)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glaucomys volans (154805)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117China (Hubei) Petaurista xanthotis, Petaurista alborufus, Belomys pearsoni (92787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (late glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Tennessee) Glaucomys sabrinus (82890)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Philippines Hylopetes nigripes (194834 194835)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Michigan) Glaucomys volans (200485)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Glaucomys volans (20604)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Glaucomys volans (20573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (82258 103991) Glaucomys sp. (104685) Glaucomys volans (104758 124089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (104035 104672) Glaucomys sp. (104670) Glaucomys sp., Glaucomys sabrinus, Glaucomys volans (104034) Glaucomys volans (104044)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Tennessee) Glaucomys sp. (124320 124321 124322)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Ohio) Glaucomys sp. (195062)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Montana) Glaucomys sabrins (162133)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Virginia) Glaucomys sp. (104040)