Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Synonym: Douglassia Emry and Korth 1996
Full reference: R. J. Emry and W. W. Korth. 2001. Douglassciurus, new name for Douglassia Emry and Korth, 1996, not Douglassia Bartsch, 1934. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 21(2):400-400
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Emry and Korth 1996, Emry and Korth 2001 and Korth 2014
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Miosciurus, Miospermophilus, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Paenemarmota, Palaearctomys, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Paratamias, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protosciurus, Protospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Douglassciurus bjorki Douglassciurus jeffersoni Douglassciurus oaxacaensis
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: South Dakota collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), Mexico (1), United States (8: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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