Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative spelling: Marmotinae
Synonym: Tamiini
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
See also de Bruijn et al. 1980 and Frase and Hoffmann 1980
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, 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: Ammospermophilus Callospermophilus Cynomys Eutamias Ictidomys Marmota Neotamias Notocitellus Otospermophilus Poliocitellus Spermophilinus Spermophilus Tamias Urocitellus Xerospermophilus
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Canada (23: Alberta, British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (1), the Czech Republic (3), France (6), Georgia (3), Germany (2), Greece (7), Hungary (18), Italy (6), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (3), Monaco (2), Mongolia (1), Poland (7), Romania (13), the Russian Federation (8), Spain (3), Turkey (2), Ukraine (5), United States (240: Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of Mexico (4), United States (57: Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1)
• Pliocene of China (3), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (5), Poland (6)
• MN 13 of Greece (1)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (2), United States (43: Arizona, California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, Texas, Washington)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (1)
• Miocene of Austria (4), Canada (4: Saskatchewan), China (9), France (14), Germany (16), Greece (12), Hungary (2), India (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (4), Pakistan (1), Poland (1), Portugal (1), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Slovakia (2), South Korea (1), Spain (17), Switzerland (12), Turkey (3), United States (73: California, Colorado, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (1: Idaho)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of China (1)
Total: 667 collections including 887 occurrences