Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Alternative combinations: Paramys relictus, Prosciurus relictus, Sciurus relictus
Full reference: E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract)
Belongs to Altasciurus according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Cope 1873, Cope 1875, Galbreath 1953, Hay 1902, Korth 1989, Korth and Tabrum 2017, Matthew 1909, Matthew 1910, Wood 1937, Wood 1962 and Wood 1980
Sister taxa: Altasciurus albiclivus, Altasciurus clausulus
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (26: Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, South Dakota, Wyoming)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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