Parasminthus Bohlin 1946 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae

Parent taxon: Dipodidae according to B.-Y. Wang 2003

See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wang and Qiu 2004

Sister taxa: Allactaga, Allosminthus, Bohlinosminthus, Brachyscirtetes, Dipus, Heosminthus, Jaculus, Litodonomys, Lophocricetinae, Lophocricetus, Onjosminthus, Paralactaga, Proalactaga, Protalactaga, Pygeretmus, Salpingotus, Sinosminthus, Sinozapus, Sminthoides, Stylodipus

Subtaxa: Parasminthus asiaecentralis Parasminthus debruijni Parasminthus tangingoli

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Greece (1 collection)

• Miocene of China (1)

• Oligocene of China (17), the Czech Republic (1), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (10)

Total: 32 collections including 55 occurrences

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