Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and R. J. Emry. 1991. The Skull of Cedromus and a Review of the Cedromurinae (Rodentia, Sciuridae). Journal of Paleontology 65(6):948-994
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to W. W. Korth and R. J. Emry 1991
See also Korth 2014
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Perasciuravus, Petauria, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Cedromus Kherem Oligospermophilus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mongolia (4 collections)
• Arikareean of United States (3: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), Mongolia (2), United States (22: Colorado, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (3: Nebraska, Wyoming)
Total: 36 collections including 43 occurrences