Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combinations: Eutamias ateles, Nototamias ateles, Tamias (Neotamias) ateles
Full reference: E. R. Hall. 1930. Rodents and lagomorphs from the Barstow Beds of southern California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geological Sciences 19(13):313-318
Belongs to Tamias according to E. H. Lindsay 1972
See also Black 1963, Bryant 1945, James 1963, Pratt and Morgan 1989, Schiebout and Ting 2000 and Sutton and Korth 1995
Sister taxa: Tamias aristus, Tamias eviensis, Tamias laevidens, Tamias striatus
Type specimen: UCMP 28521, a set of teeth (Worn right M1, M2, and M3). Its type locality is Rodent Hill, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (24: California, Nebraska, Nevada, Wyoming collections)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
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