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Tamias aristus

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Tamias aristus was named by Ray (1965) [closely compared to T. striatus by Kurten and Anderson 1980, and therefore unlikely to belong to Neotamias]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ladd's Quarry, which is in a Pleistocene fissure fill claystone/carbonate in Georgia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. orlovi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Tamias aristus Ray
1980Tamias aristus Kurten and Anderson p. 220

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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
genusTamiasIllinger 1811
speciesaristusRay 1965

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.

†Tamias aristus Ray 1965
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available