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Taxonomy
Palaeosciurus was named by Pomel (1853). It is not extant. Its type is Palaeosciurus feignouxi.
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1853 | Palaeosciurus Pomel |
| 1997 | Palaeosciurus McKenna and Bell |
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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. †Palaeosciurus Pomel 1853
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†Palaeosciurus feignouxi Pomel 1953
†Palaeosciurus goti Vianey-Liaud 1974
†Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986
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, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002 | |||||
Collections (49 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Oligocene | France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) | P. goti (31583) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Spain (Aragon) | P. gotti (68877) | |
| MP 21 | Czech Republic | P. sp. (91467) | |
| MP 22 | France (Quercy) | P. goti (179140 179141 179142) | |
| MP 22 | France | P. goti (183452) | |
| MP 22 | France (Midi-Pyrenées) | P. goti (167513 167537 183655) | |
| MP 23 | France (Quercy) | P. goti (36709 36711 179147 183377 183514) | |
| MP 23 - MP 25 | Germany (Hesse) | P. dubius (186510) | |
| MP 24 - MP 25 | France (Alpes-de-Haute Provence) | P. sp. (183685) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Kazakhstan | P. sp. (175959) | |
| MP 28 | France (Quercy) | P. goti (36715) | |
| MP 30 | Germany (Bavaria) | P. goti (84364) | |
| MP 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | P. feignouxi (183547) | |
| MP 30 - MN 1 | Turkey (Anatolia) | P. sp. (182505) | |
| MN 1 | Spain (Huesca) | P. feignouxi (67191) | |
| Aquitanian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | P. feignouxi (52566) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Turkey | P. feignouxi (208576) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Turkey (Manisa) | P. sp. (207048) | |
| MN 2 | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | P. feignouxi (66138) | |
| MN 2 | Spain (Zaragoza) | P. feignouxi (35750) | |
| Burdigalian | Greece | P. fissurae (68032) | |
| MN 3 | Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) | P. sp. (46280) | |
| MN 3 | Turkey (Manisa) | P. fissurae (69303) | |
| MN 4 | Austria (Styria) | P. sutteri (74538 74539) | |
| MN 4 | Greece (Thrace) | P. fissurae (69435) | |
| MN 4 | France (Gers) | P. sp. (69099) | |
| MN 4 - MN 5 | Greece (Macedonia) | P. sutteri (73861) | |
| Langhian | Germany (Bayern) | P. sutteri (44977) | |
| Langhian | France | P. fissurae (90354) | |
| Langhian | Spain (Catalonia) | P. sp. (180192) | |
| MN 5 | Switzerland (Zürich) | P. sp. (46286) | |
| MN 5 | Germany | P. sutteri (46955) | |
| MN 5 | Germany (Bayern) | P. sutteri (44971 44973 44974 44975 44976) | |
| MN 5 | Switzerland (Schaffhausen) | P. sp. (46267) | |
| Langhian - Serravallian | Poland (Silesia) | P. fissurae (42594) | |
| MN 6 | Hungary | P. ultimus (68118) |