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| Rank | species (PBDB) |
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| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Aplodontidae : Altasciurus : Altasciurus relictus |
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Classification
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| Opinions (PBDB) | | Name | Rank | Opinion | Evidence | Author |
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| Altasciurus relictus | species | belongs to Paramys | stated with evidence | Cope, 1873 | | Altasciurus relictus | species | belongs to Sciurus | stated with evidence | Cope, 1875 | | Altasciurus relictus | species | belongs to Sciurus | stated without evidence | Hay, 1902 | | Altasciurus relictus | species | belongs to Prosciurus | stated without evidence | Matthew, 1909 | | Altasciurus relictus | species | belongs to Prosciurus | stated with evidence | Wood, 1980 | | Altasciurus relictus | species | belongs to Prosciurus | stated without evidence | Korth, 1989 | | Altasciurus relictus | species | belongs to Altasciurus | stated with evidence | Korth and Tabrum, 2017 |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct |
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 |
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| First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene |
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| Last Recorded Appearance | 33.3 - 30.8 Ma
Oligocene |
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| Environment | terrestrial (based on Eutheria) |
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| Motility | actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes) |
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| Diet | herbivore (based on Aplodontidae) |
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| Taphonomy | phosphatic (based on Vertebrata) |
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| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. D. Cope. 1873. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873. In F. V. Hayden (ed.), Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract) |
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| Cope E. D. Synopsis of new Vertebrata from the Tertiary of Colorado obtained during the summer of 1873, Seventh Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories (extract) |
| Cope E. D. Report on the vertebrate paleontology of Colorado, Annual Report of the United States Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories 1873, 427-533 |
| Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868 |
| Matthew W. D. (1909) The Carnivora and Insectivora of the Bridger Basin, middle Eocene, Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History 9, 289-567 |
| Matthew W. D. (1910) On the osteology and relationships of Paramys, and the affinities of the Ischyromyidae, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 28 6, 43-72 |
| Wood A. E. (1937) The Mammalian Fauna of the White River Oligocene: Part II. Rodentia, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 28 2, 155-269 |
| Galbreath E. C. (1953) A contribution to the Tertiary geology and paleontology of northeastern Colorado, University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions Vertebrata 4, 1-120 |
| Wood A. E. (1962) The Early Tertiary Rodents of the Family Paramyidae, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 52 1, 3-261 doi:10.2307/1005914 |
| Wood A. E. (1980) The Oligocene Rodents of North America, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 70 5, 1-68 |
| Korth W. W. (1989) Aplodontid Rodents (Mammalia) from the Oligocene (Orellan and Whitneyan) Brule Formation, Nebraska, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 9 4, 400-414 |
| Korth W. W., Tabrum A. R. (2017) A unique rodent fauna from the Whitneyan (Middle Oligocene) of southwestern Montana, Annals of Carnegie Museum 84 4, 319-340 |
Altasciurus relictus ✝
