Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Perasciuravus, Petauria, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus
Subtaxa: Atlantoxerus Spermophilopsis Xerus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Cote D'Ivoire (1 collection), Ethiopia (4), Tanzania (2)
• Pliocene of China (1), Ethiopia (2), Spain (1), Tanzania (3)
• MN 13 of Greece (1), Spain (1)
• Turolian of Spain (9)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Chad (1), Morocco (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), Chad (1), China (3), France (1), Italy (1), Libya (1), Mongolia (1), Namibia (1), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (4), Thailand (1)
Total: 45 collections including 46 occurrences