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Sciuroides

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciuroides was named by Major (1873). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pseudosciuridae by Hooker (1986), Peláez-Campomanes (1996); and to Theridomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Sciuroides Major
1986Sciuroides Hooker p. 300
1996Sciuroides Peláez-Campomanes
1997Sciuroides McKenna and Bell

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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()
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
genusSciuroidesMajor 1873

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. †Sciuroides Major 1873
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†Sciuroides ehrensteinensis Schmidt-Kittler 1971
†Sciuroides fraasi Major 1873
†Sciuroides quercyi Schlosser 1884
†Sciuroides rissonei Hooker 1986
†Sciuroides romani Hartenberger 1973
†Sciuroides russelli Hartenberger and Louis 1976
†Sciuroides siderolithicus Picted and Humbert 1869
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Maximum body mass: 100 gg
Minimum body mass: 100 gg
Body mass estimate: 100 g
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 07:17:07
Modified: 2005-08-31 09:17:07
Source: g = genus, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Legendre 1988, Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) S. sp. (12840)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) S. siderolithicus (182607)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie Region) S. russelli (12847)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) S. russelli (177582 184167)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) S. russelli (39014)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain (Castilla y Leon) S. siderolithicus (40358)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Jura) S. romani (182385)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) S. ehrensteinensis (39233 39236 39249 39299)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) S. intermedius (12850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) S. intermedius (12849) S. sp. (12843)