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Nototamias

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Nototamias was named by Pratt and Morgan (1989). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Sciuridae by Pratt and Morgan (1989) and McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Nototamias Pratt and Morgan
1997Nototamias McKenna and Bell

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
genusNototamias

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. †Nototamias Pratt and Morgan 1989
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†Nototamias hulberti Pratt and Morgan 1989
†Nototamias quadratus Korth 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Early/Lower Hemingfordian or 28.10000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Geringian30.8 - 26.3USA (Nebraska) N. sp. (17709)
Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (South Dakota) N. sp. (17516 17606)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) N. sp. (167847)
early Early Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) N. sp. (156729)
early Early Arikareean - early Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) N. sp. (175251)
late Late Arikareean29.5 - 18.5USA (California) N. sp. (167827 167828 167829 167851)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Florida) N. sp. (17860)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8Canada (Saskatchewan) N. quadratus (17526)
Monroecreekian26.3 - 24.8USA (South Dakota) Miospermophilus sp. (17564)
Harrisonian24.8 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) N. quadratus (17802 17816)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (California) N. sp. (167830 167840 167841 167842 167845)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97Panama (Panama City) N. sp. (144879)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) N. hulberti (18597)
Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Wyoming) Tamias sp. (19073 19074)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian20.43 - 15.97USA (Florida) N. sp. (18512)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Louisiana) N. ateles (18659 18666) N. sp. (18621)