Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Full reference: H. de Bruijn, A.J. van der Meulen, and G. Katsikatsos. 1980. The mammals from the Lower Miocene of Aliveri (Island of Evia, Greece). Part 1. The Sciuridae. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 83(3):241-261
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to H. de Bruijn et al. 1980
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Douglassciurus, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Miosciurus, Miospermophilus, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Paenemarmota, Palaearctomys, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Paratamias, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protosciurus, Protospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Blackia
Type: Blackia
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Germany (3 collections), Poland (4)
• Miocene of Austria (3), Germany (12), Greece (5), Hungary (1), Romania (1), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovakia (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (9), United States (2: Nebraska)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Germany (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (3)
Total: 51 collections including 52 occurrences