Douglassciurus oaxacaensis Ferrusquia-Villafranca et al. 2018 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca, L. J. Flynn, J. E. Ruiz-Gonzalez, J. R. Torres-Hernandez, and E. Martinez-Hernandez. 2018. New Eocene rodents from Northwestern Oaxaca, Southeastern Mexico, and their paleobiological significance. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1514615

Belongs to Douglassciurus according to I. Ferrusquia-Villafranca et al. 2018

Sister taxa: Douglassciurus bjorki, Douglassciurus jeffersoni

Type specimen: IGM-4911, a mandible (left mandibular fragment with p4–m2). Its type locality is 1.7km ENE of Santiago Yolomécatl, which is in a Bartonian fluvial-lacustrine horizon in the Yolomécatl Formation of Mexico.

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at 1.7km ENE of Santiago Yolomécatl

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