Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Marmotini according to C. C. Black 1963
See also Alroy 2002 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Ammospermophilus, Arctomyoides, Callospermophilus, Citellus, Cynomys, Eutamias, Ictidomys, Marmota, Miospermophilus, Neotamias, Notocitellus, Otospermophilus, Paenemarmota, Palaearctomys, Poliocitellus, Spermophilus, Tamias, Urocitellus, Xerospermophilus, Spermophilinus
Subtaxa: Protospermophilus angusticeps Protospermophilus kelloggi Protospermophilus malheurensis Protospermophilus minimus Protospermophilus oregonensis Protospermophilus parvus Protospermophilus quatalensis Protospermophilus vortmani
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Turolian of Greece (1 collection)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (50: California, Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (7: Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 65 collections including 67 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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