Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Miosciurus, Miospermophilus, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Paenemarmota, Palaearctomys, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Paratamias, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protosciurus, Protospermophilus, Protoxerini, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Aeretes Aeromys Belomys Eoglaucomys Eupetaurus Glaucomys Hylopetes Iomys Petaurillus Petaurista Petauristini Petinomys Pteromys Pteromyscus Trogopterus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (5 collections), Japan (1), the Philippines (2), United States (39: Florida, Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, Montana, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Pliocene of Germany (1), Greece (1)
• Turolian of China (4), Greece (2)
• Miocene of Austria (2), China (1), Germany (1), Greece (5), Hungary (1), Italy (2), Serbia (4)
Total: 71 collections including 90 occurrences