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Pteromyini (disused)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Pteromyini was named by Brandt (1855).

It was assigned to Sciurinae by Maridet et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Pteromyini Brandt
2014Pteromyini Maridet et al.

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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
suborderEupelycosauria
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
subfamilySciurinaeGray 1821
tribePteromyiniBrandt 1855
tribePteromyiniBrandt 1855

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.

Tr. †Pteromyini Brandt 1855
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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: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Ruscinian or 23.03000 to 3.20000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia (Bayankhongor) Pteromyini indet. (182145)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mongolia Pteromyini indet. (180965 182138)
Ruscinian5.333 - 3.2Greece (Dodecanese) Pteromyini indet. (205291)