PaleoDB taxon number: 41508
Full reference: C. W. Hibbard and C. B. Schultz. 1948. A new Sciurid of Blancan Age from Kansa and Nebraska. Bulletin of the Nebraska State Museum 3(3):1-11
Parent taxon: Sciuridae according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Albanensia, Arctomyoides, Blackiini, Callosciurini, Cedromurinae, Comtia, Cynomyoides, Forsythia, Funambulini, Hesperopetes, Heteroxerus, Marmotini, Miosciurus, Miospermophilus, Nototamias, Oligosciurus, Palaearctomys, Palaeosciurus, Parapaenemarmota, Paratamias, Petauristodon, Pliopetaurista, Pliopetes, Pliosciuropterus, Prospermophilus, Protosciurus, Protospermophilus, Protoxerini, Pteromyinae, Ratufini, Sciurillus, Sciurinae, Sciurini, Sciurion, Sciurotamias, Tamiasciurini, Vulcanisciurus, Xerini
Subtaxa: Paenemarmota barbouri, Paenemarmota mexicana, Paenemarmota sawrockensis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore