Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: G. Daxner-Höck and P. Mein. 1975. Taxonomische Probleme um das Genus Miopetaurista Kretzoi, 1962 (Fam. Sciuridae). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 49(1/2):75-77
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to G. Daxner-Höck and P. Mein 1975
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Pickford et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, 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: Albanensia albanensis Albanensia grimmi Albanensia sansaniensis
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (5 collections), France (2), Germany (3), Hungary (1), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2)
Total: 15 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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