†Oligospermophilus Korth 1987 (squirrel)
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Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1987. Sciurid rodents (Mammalia) from the Chadronian and Orellan (Oligocene) of Nebraska. Journal of Paleontology 61(6):1247-1255
Parent taxon: Cedromurinae according to B.-Y. Wang and D. Dashzeveg 2005
See also Korth 1987, Korth 2014, Korth et al. 2022 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Subtaxa: Oligospermophilus douglassi
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (6: Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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