Eopetes

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| fossil_range = Priabonian

| genus = Eopetes

| species = irtyshensis

| authority = Li et. al., 2023

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Eopetes is an extinct genus of sciurine sciurid that lived during the Priabonian stage of the Eocene epoch.

Distribution

Eopetes irtyshensis fossils are known from the Keziletuogayi Formation in the Junggar Basin of Xinjiang.{{Cite journal |last1=Li |first1=Qiang |last2=Ni |first2=Xijun |last3=Stidham |first3=Thomas A. |last4=Qin |first4=Chao |last5=Gong |first5=Hao |last6=Zhang |first6=Limin |date=12 January 2023 |title=Two large squirrels (Rodentia, Mammalia) from the Junggar Basin of northwestern China demonstrate early radiation among squirrels and suggest forested paleoenvironment in the late Eocene of Central Asia |journal=Frontiers in Earth Science |volume=10 |doi=10.3389/feart.2022.1004509 |doi-access=free |bibcode=2023FrEaS..1004509L |issn=2296-6463 }}

References

Category:Eocene mammals of Asia

Category:Squirrels

Category:Monotypic prehistoric rodent genera

Category:Fossil taxa described in 2023