Spermophilinus turolensis de Bruijn and Mein 1968 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: H. de Bruijn and P. Mein. 1968. On the mammalian fauna of the Hipparion-Beds in the Calatayud-Teruel Basin (Prov. Zaragoza, Spain) Part V. The Sciurinae. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen. Series B: Palaeontology, Geology, Physics, Chemistry, Anthropology 71(1):73-90

Belongs to Spermophilinus according to H. de Bruijn and P. Mein 1968

Sister taxa: Spermophilinus besanus, Spermophilinus bredai, Spermophilinus giganteus

Type specimen: IVAU LM 92, m1-2 inf. dext., a set of teeth.

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Nea Silata (= SLT) (Miocene to Pliocene of Greece)

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