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Sciuroides rissonei

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciuroides rissonei was named by Hooker (1986). Its type specimen is BMNH M37386, a tooth, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Creechbarrow Hill, which is in a Bartonian marine marl/marl in the Creechbarrow Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by M. Uhen on 2018-08-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Sciuroides rissonei Hooker p. 301 figs. Plate 15, fig 32-33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
superfamilyTheridomyoideaAlston 1876
familyPseudosciuridaeZittel 1893
genusSciuroidesMajor 1873
speciesrissonei

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.

Sciuroides rissonei Hooker 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 07:17:07
Modified: 2005-08-31 09:17:07
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Legendre 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Sciuroides russelli (type locality: 39014)