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Pseudosciurus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae

Taxonomy
Pseudosciurus was named by Hensel (1856). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pseudosciuridae by Hooker (1986); and to Theridomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Species lacking formal opinion data
P. fissurae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Pseudosciurus Hensel
1986Pseudosciurus Hooker p. 293
1997Pseudosciurus 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
superfamilyTheridomyoideaAlston 1876
familyPseudosciuridaeZittel 1893
genusPseudosciurusHensel 1856

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. †Pseudosciurus Hensel 1856
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MP 21 to the top of the MN 5 or 33.90000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany P. sp. (34630) P. suevicus (36984)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. sp. (186508) P. suevicus (184461 186443 186506 186507 186509)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. suevicus (118196 184462)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98France (Aude) P. suevicum (117925)
MN 515.98 - 13.82France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) P. fissurae (32071 32072)