Sciurus sp.

Popov, Vasil V., 2004, Pliocene small mammals (Mammalia, Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Lagomorpha, Rodentia) from Muselievo (North Bulgaria), Geodiversitas 26 (3), pp. 403-491 : 446-448

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scientific name	Sciurus sp.
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Sciurus sp. ( Fig. 24B View FIG )

MATERIAL EXAMINED. — 1 M1-2 (Ms142). MEASUREMENTS. — M1-2 (L × W) = 2.35 × 2.77.

DESCRIPTION

The tooth is rectangular in occlusal outline with rounded lingual wall. The main cups and ridges are low; the mesostyle is well developed. The tooth has three roots.

REMARKS

This tooth is clearly larger than the upper molars of Sciurus maltei Dahlmann, 2001 from Wölfersheim ( Germany) and nearly identical with the comparative material of the recent Sciurus vulgaris . It is also similar with the respective remains of Sciurus warthae Sulimski, 1964 from Weze 1. The scarce material available does not permit closer comparisons.

Subfamily MARMOTINAE Pocock, 1923

References

DAHLMANN T. 2001. - Die Kleinsauger der unterpliozanen Fundstelle Wolfersheim in der Wetterau (Mammalia: Lipotyphla, Chiroptera, Rodentia). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 227: 1 - 129.

SCHAUB S. 1930. - Quartare und jungtertiare Hamster. Abhandlung der Schweizerischen Palaonologischen Gesellschaft 49 (6): 1 - 49, pls 1, 2.

SULIMSKI A. 1964. - Pliocene Lagomorpha and Rodentia from Weze I. Acta Paleontologica Polonica 9 (2): 149 - 261.

Figures

FIG. 24. — A, Pliopetaurista dehneli (Sulimski, 1964), left p4, Ms141, occlusal view; B, Sciurus sp., left M1-2, Ms142, occlusal view; C,?Spermophilus sp., right p4, Ms143, occlusal view; D-G, Allocricetus bursae Schaub, 1930; D, right m1, Ms309, occlusal view; E, right m1, Ms310, occlusal view; F, left M1, Ms313, occlusal view; G, left M1, Ms311, occlusal view; H, Tamias orlovi (Sulimski, 1964), left M3, Ms144, occlusal view. Scale bars: 1 mm.