†Miospermophilus lavertyi Dalquest et al. 1996 (squirrel)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: W. W. Dalquest, J. A. Baskin, and G. E. Schultz. 1996. Fossil mammals from a late Miocene (Clarendonian) site in Beaver County, Oklahoma. Miscellaneous Publications of the Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas 5:107-137
Belongs to Miospermophilus according to W. W. Dalquest et al. 1996
Sister taxa: Miospermophilus bryanti, Miospermophilus wyomingensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Whisenhunt Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Laverne Formation of Oklahoma
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution: found only at Whisenhunt Quarry
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