Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Miosciurus, Miospermophilus, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Paenemarmota, Palaearctomys, Parapaenemarmota, Paratamias, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protosciurus, Protospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Palaeosciurus feignouxi Palaeosciurus goti Palaeosciurus sutteri
Type: Palaeosciurus feignouxi
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (2 collections), France (2), Germany (9), Greece (3), Hungary (1), Poland (1), Spain (3), Switzerland (3), Turkey (3)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), the Czech Republic (1), France (15), Germany (2), Kazakhstan (1), Spain (1)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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