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Spermophilus matthewi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Citellus matthewi was named by Black (1963). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Aphelops Draw Quarries, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Snake Creek Formation of Nebraska.

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

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Citellus matthewi Black
1968Spermophilus matthewi Shotwell
1986Otospermophilus matthewi Barnosky
1993Spermophilus matthewi Wilson and Reeder
1994Spermophilus matthewi 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
speciesmatthewi()

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 matthewi Black 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available