Sciuromorpha (Rodentia) from the Miocene of Zaissan Depression, Eastern Kazakhstan.

Shevyreva N.S. , Baranova G.I.

P. 9-13

A series of the cheek teeth of sciuromorphous rodents from the middle Miocene Sarybulak Formation of Zaissan Depression, Eastern Kazakhstan has been investigated. These are referred to Sarybulakia nessovi gen. & sp. nov., Miopetaurista sp., Pteromyidae indet. and Tamias sp.DOI: 10.15298/rusjtheriol.2.1.05

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