Miopetaurista
Extinct genus of rodents
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Miopetaurista is an extinct genus of flying squirrels in the family Sciuridae. Fossils of this genus have been found from the Miocene and Pliocene of Europe (France, Germany[1]), Asia (China[2]), and North America (Florida,[3][4] Tennessee[5][6][7]).
| Miopetaurista Temporal range: | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Placentalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Pteromyini |
| Genus: | †Miopetaurista Kretzoi, 1962 |
| Species | |
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Miopetaurista crusafonti | |
Description
A partial skeleton from the Miocene of Spain indicates that Miopetaurista very closely resembles living Petaurista giant flying squirrels in overall anatomy and therefore probably ecology.[3]