Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Albanensia, 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, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (4 collections)
• Pliocene of Poland (1), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of China (6)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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