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Taxonomy
Citellus primitivus was named by Bryant (1945). Its type specimen is CM 746, a mandible (A right mandibular ramus with a broken incisor, worn cheek teeth, and the basal portion of the vertical ramus), and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Otospermophilus primitivus by Barnosky (1986); it was recombined as Spermophilus primitivus by Bryant (1945), Hemming (1956), Shotwell (1968), Wilson and Reeder (1993) and Korth (1994).
It was recombined as Otospermophilus primitivus by Barnosky (1986); it was recombined as Spermophilus primitivus by Bryant (1945), Hemming (1956), Shotwell (1968), Wilson and Reeder (1993) and Korth (1994).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1945 | Citellus primitivus Bryant |
1945 | Spermophilus primitivus Bryant |
1945 | Citellus primitivus Bryant p. 352 figs. P1. 7, Fig. e |
1956 | Spermophilus primitivus Hemming |
1963 | Citellus primitivus Black |
1968 | Spermophilus primitivus Shotwell |
1986 | Otospermophilus primitivus Barnosky |
1993 | Spermophilus primitivus Wilson and Reeder |
1994 | Spermophilus primitivus Korth |
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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.
†Spermophilus primitivus Bryant 1945
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available