Spermophilus cyanocittus Korth 1997 (ground squirrel)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1997. Additonal rodents (Mammalia) from the Clarendonian (Miocene) of northcentral Nebraska and a review of Clarendonian rodent biostratigraphy of that area. Paludicola 1(3):97-111

Belongs to Spermophilus according to W. W. Korth 1997

Sister taxa: Spermophilus armatus, Spermophilus boothi, Spermophilus cochisei, Spermophilus columbianus, Spermophilus cragini, Spermophilus dotti, Spermophilus finlayensis, Spermophilus fricki, Spermophilus howelli, Spermophilus jerae, Spermophilus johnstoni, Spermophilus lorisrusselli, Spermophilus matachicensis, Spermophilus matthewi, Spermophilus mcgheei, Spermophilus mckayensis, Spermophilus meadensis, Spermophilus meltoni, Spermophilus primitivus, Spermophilus rexroadensis, Spermophilus russelli, Spermophilus shotwelli, Spermophilus spilosoma, Spermophilus superciliosus, Spermophilus taylori, Spermophilus tridecemlineatus, Spermophilus tuitus, Spermophilus wellingtonensis, Spermophilus wilsoni, Citellus ridgwayi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bluejay Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian channel sandstone in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska

Ecology: semifossorial granivore-frugivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of United States (4: Nebraska collections)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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