Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1997. Additonal rodents (Mammalia) from the Clarendonian (Miocene) of northcentral Nebraska and a review of Clarendonian rodent biostratigraphy of that area. Paludicola 1(3):97-111
Belongs to Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) according to W. W. Korth 1997
Sister taxa: Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) fricki, Citellus (Otospermophilus) matthewi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) pattersoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) shotwelli, Otospermophilus beecheyi, Otospermophilus variegatus, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) boothi, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi, Spermophilus (Otospermophilus) jerae
Type specimen: UNSM 52202, a mandible (right mandible with incisor p4-m3). Its type locality is Bluejay Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian channel sandstone in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska.
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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