Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Suevosciurus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Theridomyidae

Taxonomy
Suevosciurus was named by Dehm (1937). It is not extant. Its type is Suevosciurus fraasi.

It was assigned to Pseudosciuridae by Hooker (1986); to Theridomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Pseudosciurinae by Astibia et al. (2000).

Species
S. authodon, S. ehingensis, S. fraasi (type species), S. minimus
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. bosmae, S. dehmi, S. ebingensis, S. ehingensi, S. mutabilis, S. palustris, S. romani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Suevosciurus Dehm pp. 273, 275-276
1986Suevosciurus Hooker p. 315
1997Suevosciurus McKenna and Bell
2000Suevosciurus Astibia et al. p. 240

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

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
superfamilyTheridomyoideaAlston 1876
familyTheridomyidaeAlston 1876
subfamilyPseudosciurinaeLavocat 1951
genusSuevosciurusDehm 1937

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. †Suevosciurus Dehm 1937
show all | hide all
†Suevosciurus authodon Hooker 1986
†Suevosciurus fraasi Major 1873
†Suevosciurus minimus Major 1873
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 dwellingf
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-31 07:15:47
Modified: 2005-08-31 14:15:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Grimes et al. 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Legendre 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1999

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Rupelian or 41.03000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (43 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) S. sp. (182607)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) S. I (183350) S. I, S. II (31736)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) S. sp. (177581)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) S. romani (12840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Switzerland S. minimus (195854 195855)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) S. bosmae (39662) S. ehingensis (9071) S. fraasi (38859 41665) Suevosciurus indet., S. fraasi (9074) S. palustris (39233 39236 39249 39250) S. palustris, S. bosmae (39299) S. sp. (39263)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy) S. mutabilis (12850)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) S. bosmae (184230)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) S. mutabilis, S. minimus (12849) S. sp. (12841)
MP 20 - MP 2137.71 - 27.3France (Occitanie) S. sp. 1, S. sp. 2 (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Germany S. ebingensis, S. fraasi (34630) S. fraasi, S. ehingensis (36984)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Türkiye (Tekirdağ) S. ehingensis (31606) S. fraasi (31605)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Belgium S. palustris (31748)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Czechia S. ehingensi (91467)
MP 2133.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. dehmi, S. ehingensis (184461 186443 186506) S. dehmi, S. fraasi, S. ehingensis (186507 186509) S. sp. (186508)
MP 2233.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. dehmi, S. ehingensis (118196 184462)
MP 2333.9 - 27.3France (Quercy) S. ehingensis (36709 36711)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Baden-Württemberg) S. fraasi (275953)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Germany (Bayern) S. fraasi (275923 275952)