Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Alternative combinations: Citellus wilsoni, Otospermophilus wilsoni, Spermophilus wilsoni
Full reference: J. A. Shotwell. 1956. Hemphillian mammalian assemblage from northeastern Oregon. Geological Society America Bulletin 67
Belongs to Citellus (Otospermophilus) according to C. C. Black 1963
See also Barnosky 1986, Korth 1994, Shotwell 1956, Shotwell 1968, Shotwell 1970 and Wilson and Reeder 1993
Sister taxa: Citellus (Otospermophilus) argonautus, Citellus (Otospermophilus) bensoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) fricki, Citellus (Otospermophilus) gidleyi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) matthewi, Citellus (Otospermophilus) pattersoni, Citellus (Otospermophilus) shotwelli, Citellus (Otospermophilus) tephrus, Otospermophilus beecheyi, Otospermophilus variegatus
Type specimen: Its type locality is McKay Reservoir, which is in a Hemphillian pond sandstone in the McKay Formation of Oregon
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (6: Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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