Spermophilinus

Spermophilinus
Temporal range:
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Sciuridae
Subfamily: Xerinae
Genus: †
De Brujin & Mein, 1968
Type species
Spermophilinus bredai
Von Meyer, 1848
Other species

Spermophilinus beasnus Spermophilinus giganteus Spermophilinus turolensis

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

  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. 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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