†family Paradoxomyidae Ameghino 1889 (rodent)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Paradoxomyidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027
Parent taxon: Hystricomorpha according to F. Ameghino 1889
Sister taxa: Ctenodactyloidea, Thryonomyoidea, Hystricognathi, Viscacidae, Coendidae, Pseudoneoreomys
Subtaxa: none
Type: Paradoxomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Paradoxomyidae in the database