Miopetaurista is an extinct genus of flying squirrel. Fossils of this genus have been found from the Miocene and Pliocene of Europe (France, Germany) Asia (China),[1] and North America (Florida).[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Sciuridae |
| Tribe: | Pteromyini |
| Genus: | †Miopetaurista Kretzoi, 1962 |
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Miopetaurista crusafonti | |
Description
editA partial skeleton from the Miocene Spain indicates that Miopetaurista very closely resembles living Petaurista giant flying squirrels in overall anatomy and therefore probably ecology.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Fossilworks: Miopetaurista".
- ^ a b Casanovas-Vilar, Isaac; Garcia-Porta, Joan; Fortuny, Josep; Sanisidro, Óscar; Prieto, Jérôme; Querejeta, Marina; Llácer, Sergio; Robles, Josep M; Bernardini, Federico; Alba, David M (2018-10-09). "Oldest skeleton of a fossil flying squirrel casts new light on the phylogeny of the group". eLife. 7. doi:10.7554/eLife.39270. ISSN 2050-084X. PMC 6177260. PMID 30296996.