Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Belongs to Spermophilus according to Hibbard 1976
Sister taxa: Spermophilus armatus, Spermophilus boothi, Spermophilus cochisei, Spermophilus columbianus, Spermophilus cragini, Spermophilus cyanocittus, Spermophilus dotti, Spermophilus finlayensis, Spermophilus fricki, Spermophilus howelli, Spermophilus jerae, Spermophilus johnstoni, Spermophilus matachicensis, Spermophilus matthewi, Spermophilus mcgheei, Spermophilus mckayensis, Spermophilus meadensis, Spermophilus meltoni, Spermophilus primitivus, Spermophilus rexroadensis, Spermophilus russelli, Spermophilus shotwelli, Spermophilus spilosoma, Spermophilus superciliosus, Spermophilus taylori, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Spermophilus tuitus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis, Spermophilus wilsoni, Citellus ridgwayi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilson Valley, which is in a Blancan/Irvingtonian terrestrial siliciclastic in the Crooked Creek Formation of Kansas
Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Kansas collections)
• Blancan of United States (1: Kansas)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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