Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, 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: Heteroxerus grivensis
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (20 collections), Germany (19), Portugal (2), Spain (24), Switzerland (4)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (3), Spain (2)
Total: 77 collections including 85 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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