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Oligospermophilus
Taxonomy
Oligospermophilus was named by Korth (1987). It is not extant.
It was assigned to Cedromurinae by Wang and Dashzeveg (2005), Korth (2014); and to Sciuridae by Korth (1987), McKenna and Bell (1997), Korth et al. (2022).
It was assigned to Cedromurinae by Wang and Dashzeveg (2005), Korth (2014); and to Sciuridae by Korth (1987), McKenna and Bell (1997), Korth et al. (2022).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1987 | Oligospermophilus Korth |
| 1997 | Oligospermophilus McKenna and Bell |
| 2005 | Oligospermophilus Wang and Dashzeveg |
| 2014 | Oligospermophilus Korth |
| 2022 | Oligospermophilus Korth et al. |
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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.
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range: base of the Chadronian to the top of the Whitneyan or 37.00000 to 29.50000 Ma
Collections (8 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Chadronian | USA (Nebraska) | O. douglassi (16941) | |
| Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | O. douglassi (230806) | |
| Orellan | USA (Nebraska) | O. douglassi (17235 17239 17264) Protosciurus douglassi (17160) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (South Dakota) | O. sp. (170168) | |
| Whitneyan | USA (Wyoming) | O. sp. (17328) |