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Oligospermophilus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Oligospermophilus Korth
1997Oligospermophilus McKenna and Bell
2005Oligospermophilus Wang and Dashzeveg
2014Oligospermophilus Korth
2022Oligospermophilus Korth et al.

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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
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
subfamilyCedromurinaeKorth and Emry 1991
genusOligospermophilus

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. †Oligospermophilus Korth 1987
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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: 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
Chadronian37.0 - 33.9USA (Nebraska) O. douglassi (16941)
Late/Upper Chadronian - Orellan37.0 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) O. douglassi (230806)
Orellan33.9 - 31.8USA (Nebraska) O. douglassi (17235 17239 17264) Protosciurus douglassi (17160)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (South Dakota) O. sp. (170168)
Whitneyan31.8 - 29.5USA (Wyoming) O. sp. (17328)