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Spermophilus wilsoni

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Citellus wilsoni was named by Shotwell (1956). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is McKay Reservoir, which is in a Hemphillian pond sandstone in the McKay Formation of Oregon.

It was recombined as Otospermophilus wilsoni by Barnosky (1986); it was recombined as Spermophilus wilsoni by Shotwell (1968), Shotwell (1970), Wilson and Reeder (1993) and Korth (1994).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Citellus wilsoni Shotwell
1968Spermophilus wilsoni Shotwell
1970Spermophilus wilsoni Shotwell
1986Otospermophilus wilsoni Barnosky
1993Spermophilus wilsoni Wilson and Reeder
1994Spermophilus wilsoni Korth

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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()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
RankNameAuthor
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
tribeMarmotini
genusSpermophilusCuvier 1825
specieswilsoni()

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.

Spermophilus wilsoni Shotwell 1956
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available