Miopetaurista

Miopetaurista; Temporal range: Miocene–Pliocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Sciuridae
Tribe:	Pteromyini
Genus:	†Miopetaurista; Kretzoi, 1962
Species
	Miopetaurista crusafonti; Miopetaurista dehmi; Miopetaurista diescalidus; Miopetaurista gaillardi; Miopetaurista gibberosa; Miopetaurista lappi; Miopetaurista neogrivensis; Miopetaurista thaleri; Miopetaurista tobieni

Miopetaurista is an extinct genus of flying squirrel. Fossils of this genus have been found from the Miocene and Pliocene of Europe (France, Germany) Asia (China),^[1] and North America (Florida).^[2]

Description

A partial skeleton from the Miocene Spain indicates that Miopetaurista very closely resembles living Petaurista giant flying squirrels in overall anatomy and therefore probably ecology.^[2]

References

^ "Fossilworks: Miopetaurista".
^ ^a ^b Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Garcia-Porta, Joan; Fortuny, Josep; Sanisidro, Óscar; Prieto, Jérôme; Querejeta, Marina; Llácer, Sergio; Robles, Josep M; Bernardini, Federico; Alba, David M (2018-10-09). "Oldest skeleton of a fossil flying squirrel casts new light on the phylogeny of the group". eLife. 7. doi:10.7554/eLife.39270. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 6177260. PMID 30296996.

[1] "Fossilworks: Miopetaurista".

[:0-2] Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Garcia-Porta, Joan; Fortuny, Josep; Sanisidro, Óscar; Prieto, Jérôme; Querejeta, Marina; Llácer, Sergio; Robles, Josep M; Bernardini, Federico; Alba, David M (2018-10-09). "Oldest skeleton of a fossil flying squirrel casts new light on the phylogeny of the group". eLife. 7. doi:10.7554/eLife.39270. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 6177260. PMID 30296996.

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