Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Alternative combination: Sciurus vetustus

Synonym: Prosciurus minor Russell 1972

Full reference: W. D. Matthew. 1903. The fauna of the Titanotherium Beds at Pipestone Springs, Montana. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 19(6):197-226

Belongs to Sciurus (Prosciurus) according to W. D. Matthew 1903

See also Black 1965, Korth 2017, Matthew 1909, Matthew 1910, Russell 1972, Storer 1978, Wood 1937, Wood 1962 and Wood 1980

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Sciurus (Prosciurus) vetustus: AMNH 9626, a maxilla (an upper jaw with complete unworn dentition). Its type locality is Pipestone Springs, which is in a Chadronian terrestrial claystone in the Renova Formation of Montana.
• Prosciurus minor:

Ecology: arboreal granivore-frugivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Sciurus (Prosciurus) vetustus in the database

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