Family Nesomyidae (mouse)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Parent taxon: Eumuroida according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Calomyscidae, Cricetidae, Muridae
Subtaxa: Cricetomyinae Dendromurinae Macrotarsomys Mystromyinae Nesomyinae Petromyscinae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Congo-Kinshasa (2 collections), Cote D'Ivoire (1), Ethiopia (2), Kenya (2), Madagascar (4), South Africa (8), Tanzania (2), Zambia (1)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of South Africa (4), Tanzania (3)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
• Miocene of Kenya (1), Namibia (1), Spain (1)
Total: 35 collections including 69 occurrences