Mammalia - Primates - Paromomyidae
Alternative spelling: Paromomyinae
Synonym: Paromomyinae [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Primates according to J. I. Bloch et al. 2007
See also Beard 1991, Beard 1993, Fox et al. 2010, Gazin 1969, Gunnell 1989, McKenna and Bell 1997, Robinson 1968, Robinson and Ivy 1994, Rose et al. 2012, Silcox et al. 2010, Simpson 1940 and Szalay and Delson 1979
Sister taxa: Berruvius, Ceciliolemur, Ceciliolemuridae, Ceciliolemuroidea, Chasselasia, Cheiromyoidea, Euprimateformes, Haplorhini, Lemures, Megatarsius, Micromomyidae, Microsyopidae, Microtarsioides, Nosmips, Pithecus, Plesiadapiformes, Plesitarsiiformes, Pliopithecus posthumus, Prosimiae, Prosimii, Rooneyia, Simia, Simia (Cercopithecus) sinicus pileatus, Simia apedia, Simiolemuriformes, Strepsirrhini, Tarsii, Tupaioidea
Subtaxa: Acidomomys Arcius Dianomomys Edworthia Ignacius Palaechthonini Paromomyini Paromomys Phenacolemur leonardi Phenacolemurinae Purgatoriinae
Ecology: arboreal omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Nunavut collections), China (1), France (17), Portugal (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (142: California, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Cf2 of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Cf1 of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Clarkforkian of United States (47: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
• Paleocene to Eocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Canada (19: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (60: California, Colorado, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 294 collections including 343 occurrences