Eochiromys Teilhard de Chardin 1927 (eutherian)

Mammalia - Cimolesta - Apatemyidae

Parent taxon: Apatemyidae according to D. E. Russell et al. 1979

See also Hooker 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Van Valen 1967

Sister taxa: Apatemyinae, Apatemys, Carcinella, Frugivastodon, Heterohyus, Jepsenella, Labidolemur, Russellmyinae, Russellmys, Sinclairella, Stehlinella, Teilhardella, Unuchinia, Unuchiniinae

Subtaxa: Eochiromys landenensis

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Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Abbey Wood (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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