Miopetaurista
Miopetaurista Temporal range: Miocene | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Sciuridae |
Subfamily: | Pteromyinae |
Genus: | †Miopetaurista Kretzoi, 1962 |
Species | |
Miopetaurista crusafonti |
Miopetaurista is an extinct genus of flying squirrel closely related to flying squirrels of today. Fossils of this species have been found from the Miocene of Europe (France, Germany) and Asia (China).[1]
Habits
Like other flying squirrels, it was an arboreal animal that fed on seeds and fruit.
References
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