Spermophilinus
| Spermophilinus Temporal range:
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Subfamily: | Xerinae |
| Genus: | †Spermophilinus De Brujin & Mein, 1968 |
| Type species | |
| Spermophilinus bredai Von Meyer, 1848
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| Other species | |
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Spermophilinus beasnus Spermophilinus giganteus Spermophilinus turolensis | |
Spermophilinus is an extinct genus of xerine sciurid that lived during the Neogene period.[1]
Palaeoecology
[edit]Dental microwear of S. bredai fossils at the Tortonian site of Grytsiv in Ukraine shows that this species ate hard fruits and seeds, with little evidence of grass consumption.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 10 April 2025.
- ^ Gusovsky, Vladimir V.; Sinitsa, Maxim V. (2 January 2021). "Dietary preferences and autecology of a basal Holarctic ground squirrel Spermophilinus (Rodentia: Sciuridae: Xerinae), inferred from dental microwear analysis". Historical Biology. 33 (1): 54–61. Bibcode:2021HBio...33...54G. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1677641. ISSN 0891-2963. Retrieved 10 April 2025 – via Taylor and Francis Online.
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