Mammalia - Tribosphenida - Pediomyidae
Alternative spellings: Pediomyinae, Pediomyinae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1927. Mesozoic Mammalia. VIII. Genera of Lance mammals other than multituberculates. American Journal of Science 14(80):121-130
Parent taxon: Pediomyoidea according to B. M. Davis 2007
See also Clemens 1979, Goin et al. 2006, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven and McKenna 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1929, Williamson et al. 2012 and Wood and Ormsbee 1954
Sister taxa: Apistodon, Aquiladelphidae
Subtaxa: Iqualadelphis Leptalestes Pediomys Petaurinae Protolambda Solatherium Unnuakomys
Type: Pediomys
Ecology: scansorial omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Brazil (1 collection)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Peru (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Montana)
• Cretaceous of Canada (23: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (1), Mexico (2), Portugal (1), United States (97: Alaska, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 127 collections including 209 occurrences