Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combination: Sciurus tecuyensis
Full reference: M. D. Bryant. 1945. Phylogeny of Nearctic Sciuridae. American Midland Naturalist 33(2):257-390
Belongs to Protosciurus according to C. C. Black 1963
See also Bryant 1945 and Stirton 1960
Sister taxa: Protosciurus condoni, Protosciurus mengi, Protosciurus rachelae
Type specimen: UCMP 23611, a mandible (part of a right mandibular ramus extending from the level of the anterior margin of p4 to the basal part of the vertical ramus; m1 and m2 well preserved). Its type locality is Tecuya Canyon, which is in an Arikareean terrestrial horizon in the Tecuya Formation of California.
Distribution: found only at Tecuya Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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