Junggarisciurus

Junggarisciurus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Placentalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Sciurinae
Genus: †Junggarisciurus
Li et al., 2023
Species:
†J. jeminaiensis
Binomial name
†Junggarisciurus jeminaiensis
Li et al., 2023

Junggarisciurus is an extinct genus of sciurine sciurid that lived during the Late Eocene.

Distribution

Junggarisciurus jeminaiensis fossils are known from the Keziletuogayi Formation in the Junggar Basin in northwestern China.[1]

References

  1. ↑ Li, Qiang; Ni, Xijun; Stidham, Thomas A.; Qin, Chao; Gong, Hao; Zhang, Limin (12 January 2023). "Two large squirrels (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Junggar Basin of northwestern China demonstrate early radiation among squirrels and suggest forested paleoenvironment in the late Eocene of Central Asia". Frontiers in Earth Science. 10. Bibcode:2023FrEaS..1004509L. doi:10.3389/feart.2022.1004509. ISSN 2296-6463.


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