Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Full reference: J. J. Chiment and W. W. Korth. 1996. A New Genus of Eomyid Rodent (Mammalia) from the Eocene (Uintan-Duchesnean) of Southern California. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 16(1):116-124
Parent taxon: Namatomyini according to J. J. Chiment and W. W. Korth 1996
See also Dawson and Constenius 2018, Korth et al. 2022, Korth and Eaton 2004 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Montanamus, Namatomys, Paranamatomys
Subtaxa: Metanoiamys agorus Metanoiamys fantasma Metanoiamys fugitivus Metanoiamys korthi Metanoiamys lacus Metanoiamys marinus Metanoiamys paradoxus
Type: Metanoiamys agorus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Eocene of Canada (3: Saskatchewan), United States (74: California, Montana, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 78 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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