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Atlantoxerus
Taxonomy
Atlantoxerus was named by Major (1893). It is extant.
It was assigned to Sciurinae by de Bruijn et al. (1970); to Sciuridae by Mein and Ginsburg (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Xerini by Mercer and Roth (2003).
It was assigned to Sciurinae by de Bruijn et al. (1970); to Sciuridae by Mein and Ginsburg (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Xerini by Mercer and Roth (2003).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1893 | Atlantoxerus Major |
| 1961 | Getuloxerus Lavocat |
| 1970 | Atlantoxerus de Bruijn et al. p. 570 |
| 1997 | Atlantoxerus McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Getuloxerus McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Atlantoxerus Mein and Ginsburg p. 809 |
| 2003 | Atlantoxerus Mercer and Roth |
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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.
G. Atlantoxerus Major 1893
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†Atlantoxerus blacki de Bruijn 1967
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Invalid names: Atlantoxerus idubedensis Cuenca Bescós 1988 [synonym]
Atlantoxerus getulus Linnaeus 1758 [Barbary ground squirrel]
†Atlantoxerus rhodius de Bruijn et al. 1970
Invalid names: Getuloxerus Lavocat 1961 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 20.00000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Thailand | A. sp. (48126) | |
| MN 3 | China (Xinjiang) | A. sp. (125716) | |
| Langhian | Spain (Catalonia) | A. idubedensis (180192) | |
| Middle Miocene | Saudi Arabia | A. sp. (41818) | |
| Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene | China (Nei Mongol) | A. sp. (13483) | |
| Serravallian | China (Xinjiang) | A. sp. (42246) | |
| Vallesian | Spain (Zaragoza) | Getuloxerus sp. (35877) | |
| Vallesian | Spain | A. adroveri (40765) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Mongolia (Övörkhangai) | A. sp. (75600) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria | A. sp. (34659) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Algeria (Setif) | A. sp. (35363 35364) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Spain (Granada) | A. rhodius (26752) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene | Morocco | A. sp. (34366) | |
| Turolian | Spain (Aragon) | A. adroveri (35315 35316 35319 35324 35328 35329) Getuloxerus adroveri (35339) | |
| Turolian | Spain (Murcia) | A. sp. (37546) | |
| Turolian | Spain (Granada) | A. adroveri (35077) | |
| Messinian | Libya | A. getulus (28304) | |
| Messinian | Italy (Ravenna) | A. rhodius (144566) | |
| MN 13 | Spain | A. sp. (68317) | |
| MN 13 | Greece (Rhodes) | A. rhodius (68046) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | China (Nei Mongol) | A. sp. (75300) | |
| Ruscinian | Spain (Aragon) | A. rhodius (32103) |