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Spermophilinus bredai

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Sciurus bredai was named by von Meyer (1848). It is the type species of Spermophilinus.

It was recombined as Spermophilinus bredai by de Bruijn and Mein (1968) and Vasileiadou and Koufos (2005).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. besana, S. turoliensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Sciurus bredai von Meyer p. 472
1968Spermophilinus bredai de Bruijn and Mein
2005Spermophilinus bredai Vasileiadou and Koufos p. 206

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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
genusSpermophilinus
speciesbredai(von Meyer 1848)

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.

†Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: base of the MN 4 to the top of the MN 11 or 16.90000 to 7.75000 Ma

Collections (60 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333France (Vaucluse) Spermophilinus bredai (201497)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Spain (Valencia) Spermophilinus bredai (35751)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Spermophilinus bredai (36878 36879 37050)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Serbia and Montenegro (Serbia) Sciurus bredai (39714)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Spermophilinus bredai (69098)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Spermophilinus bredai (36877)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) Spermophilinus bredai (69099)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany (Bayern) Spermophilinus bredai (45597 45612 45613)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Spermophilinus bredai (36888)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Spermophilinus bredai (46285)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Schaffhausen) Spermophilinus bredai (46267)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bayern) Spermophilinus bredai (44955 44971 44973 44974 44976)
MN 515.97 - 13.65France (Midi-Pyrenees Region) Spermophilinus bredai (32071 32072)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Turkey (Bursa) Spermophilinus bredai (68547)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Spermophilinus bredai (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Spermophilinus bredai (46227 46228 46231)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Turkey (Ankara) Spermophilinus bredai (199742)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Poland (Silesia) Spermophilinus bredai (42594)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62France (Languedoc-Roussillon Region) Spermophilinus bredai (36887)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608France (Gers) Spermophilinus bredai (143472)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene15.97 - 5.333Spain (Catalonia) Spermophilinus bredai (199537)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Spermophilinus bredai (58983)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Spermophilinus bredai (45603 45614)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Portugal (Santarém) Spermophilinus bredai (38137)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Switzerland (Zürich) Spermophilinus bredai (46287)
MN 613.65 - 12.75Russian Federation (Stavropol) Spermophilinus bredai (56738)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Spermophilinus bredai (46274)
MN 6 - MN 7 + 813.65 - 11.1Switzerland (Zürich) Spermophilinus bredai (46275)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Spermophilinus bredai (46288)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Thurgau) Spermophilinus bredai (46277 53571)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Romania (Bihor) Spermophilinus bredai (200051)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain Spermophilinus bredai (70806 78058)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Sciurus bredai (49421)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Spain (Cataluña) Spermophilinus bredai (92640)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Germany (Bavaria) Spermophilinus bredai (34256 206345)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Romania (Ilfov) Spermophilinus bredai (199755)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Greece (Crete) Spermophilinus bredai (205360)
Vallesian11.608 - 8.7Spain (Catalonia) Spermophilinus bredai (193492)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Greece (Crete) Spermophilinus bredai (183151)
MN 911.1 - 9.7Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Spermophilinus bredai (75481)
MN 118.7 - 7.75Austria (Burgenland) Spermophilinus bredai (37789)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos Island) Spermophilinus bredai (205351)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Greece (Samos) Spermophilinus bredai (202215 202216)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333Spain (Aragon) Spermophilinus bredai (35316)