Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae
Parent taxon: Paramyinae according to G. G. Simpson 1945
See also Alroy 2002, Hay 1902, Leidy 1873, McKenna and Bell 1997, Peterson 1919 and Rose et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Abrosomys, Manitshini, Metaparamys, Paramyini
Subtaxa: Paramys (Leptotomus) Paramys adamus Paramys copei Paramys delicatior Paramys delicatus Paramys dispar Paramys excavatus Paramys hunti Paramys nini Paramys obailensis Paramys pourcyensis Paramys pycnus Paramys savagei Paramys simpsoni Paramys taurus Paramys teilhardi Paramys wyomingensis
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (1: Northwest Territories), France (2), Kazakhstan (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (270: Colorado, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (8: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 285 collections including 352 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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