Junggarisciurus
{{Short description|Extinct genus of squirrels}}
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| fossil_range = Priabonian
| genus = Junggarisciurus
| species = jeminaiensis
| authority = Li et. al., 2023
}}
Junggarisciurus is an extinct genus of sciurine sciurid that lived during the Late Eocene.
Distribution
Junggarisciurus jeminaiensis fossils are known from the Keziletuogayi Formation in the Junggar Basin.{{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 }}
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Category:Monotypic prehistoric rodent genera
Category:Eocene mammals of Asia
Category:Fossil taxa described in 2023
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