Sciurion campestre Skwara 1986 (squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: T. Skwara. 1986. A New "Flying Squirrel" (Rodentia: Sciuridae) from the Early Miocene of Southwestern Saskatchewan. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(3):290-294

Belongs to Sciurion according to T. Skwara 1986

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: SMNH P1593.123, a tooth (Rm1 or m2). Its type locality is Topham, which is in a Hemingfordian terrestrial horizon in the Cypress Hills Formation of Canada.

Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution: found only at Topham

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