Miopetaurista

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]

Miopetaurista
Temporal range: Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Sciuridae
Subfamily:
Pteromyinae
Genus:
†Miopetaurista

Kretzoi, 1962
Species

Miopetaurista crusafonti
Miopetaurista dehmi
Miopetaurista diescalidus
Miopetaurista gaillardi
Miopetaurista gibberosa
Miopetaurista lappi
Miopetaurista neogrivensis
Miopetaurista thaleri
Miopetaurista tobieni

Description

Species from the genus Miopetaurista were characterized as being frugivores and granivores, which means that, in one hand, they ate primarily or exclusively fruit and, on the other hand, seeds of plants or grains. They were scansorial, meaning that they were capable of, or adapted for climbing, in this case, trees.

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Miopetaurista".
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