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Petauristodon jamesi

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciuropterus jamesi was named by Lindsay (1972). Its type locality is Carnivore Canyon 5, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.

It was recombined as Petauristodon jamesi by Engesser (1979), Pratt and Morgan (1989).

Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Sciuropterus jamesi Lindsay
1979Petauristodon jamesi Engesser
1989Petauristodon jamesi Pratt and Morgan

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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
genusPetauristodon
speciesjamesi()

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.

†Petauristodon jamesi Lindsay 1972
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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: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Clarendonian or 18.50000 to 9.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Texas) Sciuropterus jamesi (18635)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Sciuropterus jamesi (19193 type locality: 19280)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) Sciuropterus jamesi (19489 19541)