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Taxonomy
Sciurotamias was named by Miller (1901). It is extant.
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Mercer and Roth (2003).
It was assigned to Sciuridae by McKenna and Bell (1997) and Mercer and Roth (2003).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1901 | Sciurotamias Miller |
1997 | Sciurotamias McKenna and Bell |
2003 | Sciurotamias Mercer and Roth |
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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. Sciurotamias Miller 1901 [Chinese rock squirrel]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988 |
Age range: base of the Turolian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 8.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (12 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | Sciurotamias sp. (11798) | |
MN 10 - MN 11 | China (Shaanxi) | Sciurotamias sp. (78314 78316) | |
Turolian | China (Yunnan) | Sciurotamias sp. (44219 44220 44223) | |
MN 14 | Poland | Sciurotamias sp. (32240) | |
MN 14 | Ukraine (Odessa) | Sciurotamias sp. (168005) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) | Sciurotamias davidianus (214689) | |
Early/Lower Pleistocene | China (Anhui) | Sciurotamias praecox (68380) | |
Middle Pleistocene | China (Guizhou) | Sciurotamias sp. (51100) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | China (Hubei) | Sciurotamias forresti (92787) |