Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1984. Earliest Tertiary evolution and radiation of rodents in North America. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 24:1-71
Parent taxon: Ischyromyidae according to W. W. Korth 1984
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Acritoparamys, Ailuravinae, Apatosciuravus, Churcheria, Decticadapis, Hulgana, Ischyromyinae, Ischyromys, Leptotomus, Lophiparamys, Microparamyinae, Paramyinae, Paramys, Pseudoparamyinae, Rapamys, Tapomys, Thisbemys
Subtaxa: Notoparamys arctios Notoparamys blochi Notoparamys costilloi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (4: Colorado, Wyoming collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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