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Miopetaurista webbi

Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae

Taxonomy
Cryptopterus webbi was named by Robertson (1976). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haile XVA, which is in a Blancan terrestrial horizon in Florida.

It was recombined as Miopetaurista webbi by Webb et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Cryptopterus webbi Robertson
1980Cryptopterus webbi Kurten and Anderson p. 222
2008Miopetaurista webbi Webb et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
superfamilySciuroidea
familySciuridae
genusMiopetauristaKretzoi 1962
specieswebbi()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Miopetaurista webbi Robertson 1976
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: frugivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 13:04:24
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991

Age range: base of the Blancan to the top of the Zanclean or 4.90000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hemphillian - Zanclean10.3 - 3.6USA (Florida) Miopetaurista webbi (18535)
Blancan4.9 - 1.8USA (Florida) Petauria sp. (type locality: 19752)