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 and did not consume grass to any significant extent.[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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