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Protosciurus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4828004	https://www.gbif.org/species/4828004
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	41519	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41519

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Protosciurus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1847
subphylum	Vertebrata	Lamarck 1801
superclass	Gnathostomata	Gegenbauer 1874
-	Osteichthyes
-	Sarcopterygii	Romer 1955
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha
-	Tetrapoda
-	Reptiliomorpha	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Anthracosauria	Säve-Söderbergh 1934
-	Batrachosauria
-	Cotylosauria
-	Amniota	Haeckel 1866
-	Synapsida	Osborn 1903
-	Therapsida
infraorder	Cynodontia
-	Epicynodontia	Hopson and Kitching 2001
infraorder	Eucynodontia	Kemp 1982
-	Probainognathia	Hopson 1990
-	Mammaliamorpha	Rowe 1988
-	Mammaliaformes	Rowe 1988
class	Mammalia	Linnaeus 1758
subclass	Tribosphenida
infraclass	Eutheria
-	Placentalia	Owen 1837
-	Euarchontoglires	Murphy et al. 2001
-	Glires
order	Rodentia
superfamily	Sciuroidea
family	Sciuridae	Gray 1821
genus	Protosciurus	Black 1963

Scientific Name

Protosciurus Black, 1963

Name Published In

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 130

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Protosciurus	genus	belongs to Sciuridae	stated without evidence	Black, 1963
Protosciurus	genus	belongs to Sciuridae	implied	McKenna and Bell, 1997

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

33.9 - 33.3 Ma
Oligocene

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.6 Ma
Miocene

Environment

terrestrial (based on Eutheria)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)

Diet

granivore, frugivore (based on Sciuridae)

Taphonomy

phosphatic (based on Vertebrata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. C. Black. 1963. A review of the North American Tertiary Sciuridae. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 130(3):109-248

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Protosciurus condoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Protosciurus mengi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	33.9 Ma Oligocene	33.9 Ma Oligocene
Protosciurus rachelae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Sciurus tecuyensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	30.8 Ma Oligocene	30.8 Ma Oligocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1963	Protosciurus Black
1997	Protosciurus McKenna and Bell

References

Black C. C. (1963) A review of the North American Tertiary Sciuridae, Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 130 3, 109-248

McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harv. 130 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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