Source Data | |
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Rank | species |
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Protospermophilus : Sciurus malheurensis |
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Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Protospermophilus : Sciurus malheurensis |
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Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted |
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Classification (PBDB,GBIF) | |
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Generic Name | Sciurus |
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Scientific Name | Sciurus malheurensis (Gazin, 1932) |
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Opinions (PBDB) | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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Protospermophilus malheurensis | species | belongs to Sciurus | stated without evidence | Gazin, 1932 | Protospermophilus malheurensis | species | belongs to Protospermophilus | stated with evidence | Bryant, 1945 | Protospermophilus malheurensis | species | belongs to Protospermophilus | stated without evidence | Black, 1963 |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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First Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.6 Ma Miocene |
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Last Recorded Appearance | 16.0 - 13.6 Ma Miocene |
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Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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Diet | granivore, frugivore (based on Sciuridae) |
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Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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Primary Reference (PBDB) | C. L. Gazin. 1932. A Miocene Mammalian Fauna From South-Eastern Oregon. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 418(3):37-86 |
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Gazin C. L. (1932) A Miocene Mammalian Fauna From South-Eastern Oregon, Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication 418 3, 37-86 |
Bryant M. D. (1945) Phylogeny of Nearctic Sciuridae, American Midland Naturalist 33 2, 257-390 doi:10.2307/2421337 |
Black C. C. (1963) A review of the North American Tertiary Sciuridae, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 130 3, 109-248 |
Shotwell J. A. (1968) Miocene mammals of southeast Oregon, Bulletin of the Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 14, 1-67 |