Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Synonym: Protozapus Bachmayer and Wilson 1970
Parent taxon: Zapodidae according to F. Bachmayer and R. W. Wilson 1970
See also Fahlbusch 1992 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Aksyiromys, Banyuesminthus, Elymys, Gobiosminthus, Javazapus, Macrognathomys, Megasminthus, Miosicista, Napaeozapus, Pliozapus, Primisminthus, Schaubeumys, Shamosminthus, Sicista, Sicistinae, Simiacritomys, Sminthozapus, Tyrannomys, Zapus
Subtaxa: Eozapus setchuanus Eozapus similis Protozapus intermedius
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of China (1 collection)
• Miocene of Austria (2), China (1), Spain (4)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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