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Pseudosciurinae

Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae

Taxonomy
Pseudosciurinae was named by Lavocat (1951). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Theridomyidae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Astibia et al. (2000).

Subtaxa
Suevosciurus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1951Pseudosciurinae Lavocat p. 73
1997Pseudosciurinae McKenna and Bell p. 119
2000Pseudosciurinae Astibia et al. p. 240

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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
superfamilyTheridomyoideaAlston 1876
familyTheridomyidaeAlston 1876
subfamilyPseudosciurinaeLavocat 1951
subfamilyPseudosciurinaeLavocat 1951

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.

Subfm. †Pseudosciurinae Lavocat 1951
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G. †Suevosciurus Dehm 1937
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†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: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 08:47:53
Modified: 2005-09-01 10:47:53
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Grimes et al. 2004, Nowak 1999, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Legendre 1988

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the MP 21 or 41.30000 to 28.40000 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie) Suevosciurus sp. (177581)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Suevosciurus I (183350) Suevosciurus I, Suevosciurus II (31736)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Suevosciurus romani (12840)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Suevosciurus sp. (39014)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Switzerland (Canton de Vaud) Suevosciurus sp. (182607)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9France (Quercy, Midi-Pyrenees Region) Suevosciurus mutabilis, Suevosciurus minimus (12849) Suevosciurus sp. (12841)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Suevosciurus bosmae (184230)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9France (Quercy) Suevosciurus mutabilis (12850)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Switzerland Suevosciurus minimus (195854 195855)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Suevosciurus bosmae (39662) Suevosciurus ehingensis (9071) Suevosciurus fraasi (38859 41665) Suevosciurus indet., Suevosciurus fraasi (9074) Suevosciurus palustris (39233 39236 39249 39250) Suevosciurus palustris, Suevosciurus bosmae (39299) Suevosciurus sp. (39263)
MP 1837.2 - 33.9Spain (Basque County) Pseudosciuridae indet. (38817)
MP 20 - MP 2137.2 - 28.4France (Occitanie) Suevosciurus sp. 1, Suevosciurus sp. 2 (183382)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Turkey (Tekirdağ) Suevosciurus ehingensis (31606) Suevosciurus fraasi (31605)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Germany Suevosciurus ebingensis, Suevosciurus fraasi (34630) Suevosciurus fraasi, Suevosciurus ehingensis (36984)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Belgium Suevosciurus palustris (31748)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Czech Republic Suevosciurus ehingensi (91467)
MP 2133.9 - 28.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Suevosciurus dehmi, Suevosciurus ehingensis (184461 186443 186506) Suevosciurus dehmi, Suevosciurus fraasi, Suevosciurus ehingensis (186507 186509) Suevosciurus sp. (186508)
MP 2233.9 - 28.4Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Suevosciurus dehmi, Suevosciurus ehingensis (118196 184462)
MP 2333.9 - 28.4France (Quercy) Suevosciurus ehingensis (36709 36711)