Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to J. M. Mercer and V. L. Roth 2003
See also Emry et al. 2005
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, 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, Sciurion, Sciuropterus, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Microsciurus Plesiosciurus Rheithrosciurus Sciurus Syntheosciurus
Ecology: scansorial granivore-frugivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Canada (2: Ontario, Quebec), the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Germany (4), Greece (6), Hungary (2), Indonesia (1), Israel (4), Italy (1), Mexico (1), Panama (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), Romania (6), the United Kingdom (2), United States (54: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), Germany (2), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Italy (1), Poland (5), Spain (1)
• MN 13 of Spain (1)
• Miocene of China (5), France (4), Germany (1), Italy (3), Mongolia (5), Spain (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Oligocene of France (2), Germany (1), Mongolia (1), Switzerland (1)
• Eocene of Switzerland (1)
Total: 134 collections including 142 occurrences