Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: M. D. Bryant. 1945. Phylogeny of Nearctic Sciuridae. American Midland Naturalist 33(2):257-390
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to M. D. Bryant 1945
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Miosciurus, Miospermophilus, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Paenemarmota, Palaearctomys, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Paratamias, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protosciurus, Protospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Arctomyoides arctomyoides Arctomyoides oregonensis
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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