Mammalia - Rodentia - Pipestoneomyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth and R. J. Emry. 2013. Pipestoneomyidae, a new family of fossil rodents (Mammalia) from the Duchesnean (Late Middle Eocene, Bartonian) to Orellan (Early Oligocene, Priabonian) of North America. Journal of Paleontology 87(2):289-296
Parent taxon: Rodentia according to W. W. Korth et al. 2022
See also Korth and Emry 2013
Sister taxa: Alagomyidae, Allactagidae, Allomyidae, Anomalomyidae, Anomaluroidea, Aplodontoidea, Archetypomyidae, Callodontomys, Castorimorpha, Cavina, Cercolabidae, Conilurus, Cricetidae, Ctenohystrica, Cylindrodontidae, Dolosimus, Downsimys, Echinomyidae, Ectropomys, Entoptychidae, Epeiromys, Eryomyidae, Eryomyina, Florentiamyidae, Gliroidea, Homocentrus, Hystricognatha, Ischyromyidae, Ischyromyiformes, Ivanantonia, Megacricetodontidae, Muriformia, Mylagaulidae, Myodonta, Myomorpha, Pairomys, Paramyidae, Petauristidae, Protrogomorpha, Pseudomys, Quercymys, Remyidae, Sciurognathi, Sciuroidea, Sciuromorpha, Siphneidae, Taeniodus, Theridomyoidea, Yuomyidae, Zamoramys, Zelomyidae
Subtaxa: Argorheomys Pipestoneomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Eocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (6: Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Wyoming)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence