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Petauristodon minimus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciuropterus minimus was named by Lindsay (1972). Its type locality is Carnivore Canyon 6, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.

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

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

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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()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
genusPetauristodon
speciesminimus()

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 minimus 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, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hemingfordian to the top of the Barstovian or 18.50000 to 12.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Texas) Sciuropterus minimus (18635)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Sciuropterus minimus (type locality: 19281 19416)