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Taxonomy
Sciurus giganteus was named by Freudenberg (1941). It is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Comtia giganteus by Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014).
It was recombined as Comtia giganteus by Vianey-Liaud et al. (2014).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1941 | Sciurus giganteus Freudenberg figs. 13 pl. 12 |
| 2014 | Comtia giganteus Vianey-Liaud et al. p. 604 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Sciurus giganteus Freudenberg 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Ji et al. 2002, Dunn and Rasmussen 2007, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: Aquitanian or 23.04000 to 20.45000 Ma
Collections: one only
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Aquitanian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Sciurus giganteus (52566) |