Spermophilinus

Spermophilinus; Temporal range: Neogene 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
Subfamily:	Xerinae
Genus:	† Spermophilinus ; De Brujin & Mein, 1968
Type species
	Spermophilinus bredai; Von Meyer, 1848
Other species
	Spermophilinus beasnusSpermophilinus giganteusSpermophilinus turolensis

Last updated May 29, 2025

Spermophilinus is an extinct genus of xerine sciurid that lived during the Neogene period.^[1]

Palaeoecology

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

↑ "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. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1677641. ISSN 0891-2963 . Retrieved 10 April 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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[1] "PBDB Taxon". paleobiodb.org. Retrieved 10 April 2025.

[2] 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. doi:10.1080/08912963.2019.1677641. ISSN 0891-2963 . Retrieved 10 April 2025– via Taylor and Francis Online.

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