Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Parent taxon: Aplodontidae according to S. Bi et al. 2013
See also Kelly and Korth 2005, Korth 2014 and Korth et al. 2022
Sister taxa: Altasciurus, Ameniscomys, Aplodontia, Brachygaulus, Dakotallomys, Leptoromys, Liodontia, Lophallomys, Meniscomyinae, Niglarodon, Ninamys, Oligopetes, Paracitellus, Plesispermophilus, Prosciurinae, Prosciurus, Pseudaplodon, Sciurodon, Sewelleladon, Tardontia, Trigonomys
Subtaxa: Ansomys Disallomys Proansomys Protansomys
Ecology: fossorial herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (3 collections), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (2), United States (2: Montana, Nevada)
• Arikareean of United States (1: South Dakota)
• Oligocene of China (6), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (9), United States (2: Montana, South Dakota)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 30 collections including 34 occurrences