Paenemarmota sawrockensis Hibbard 1964 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Alternative combination: Marmota sawrockensis

Belongs to Paenemarmota according to J. E. Martin 1998

See also Nelson and Miller 1990 and Voorhies 1988

Sister taxa: Paenemarmota barbouri, Paenemarmota mexicana

Type specimen: Its type locality is Saw Rock Canyon (Lower), which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in the Rexroad Formation of Kansas

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (3: Kansas, Utah, Washington collections)

• Hemphillian of United States (2: Nebraska)

• Miocene of United States (1: Idaho)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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