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Taxonomy
Eutamias ateles was named by Hall (1930). Its type specimen is UCMP 28521, a set of teeth (Worn right M1, M2, and M3), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rodent Hill, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California.
It was recombined as Tamias (Neotamias) ateles by Bryant (1945); it was recombined as Nototamias ateles by Pratt and Morgan (1989); it was recombined as Tamias ateles by James (1963), Black (1963), Lindsay (1972), Sutton and Korth (1995) and Schiebout and Ting (2000).
It was recombined as Tamias (Neotamias) ateles by Bryant (1945); it was recombined as Nototamias ateles by Pratt and Morgan (1989); it was recombined as Tamias ateles by James (1963), Black (1963), Lindsay (1972), Sutton and Korth (1995) and Schiebout and Ting (2000).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1930 | Eutamias ateles Hall |
1945 | Tamias (Neotamias) ateles Bryant p. 358 |
1963 | Tamias ateles Black |
1963 | Tamias ateles James |
1972 | Tamias ateles Lindsay |
1989 | Nototamias ateles Pratt and Morgan |
1995 | Tamias ateles Sutton and Korth |
2000 | Tamias ateles Schiebout and Ting |
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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.
†Tamias ateles Hall 1930
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Diagnosis
Reference | Diagnosis | |
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M. D. Bryant 1945 | Teeth small, size about as in Tamias quadrivittatus inyoensis; protoconules absent; protolophs not greatly constricted at junction with protocone; metaconules smaller than in existing species of Neotamias; mesostyles relatively large; posterointernal part of m3 large |