Parent taxon: Rodentia according to C. Montgelard et al. 2002
See also Carroll 1988, Sallam et al. 2010 and Sallam et al. 2010
Sister taxa: Alagomyidae, Allactagidae, Anomalomyidae, Aplodontiidae, Aplodontoidea, Archetypomyidae, Callodontomys, Cavina, Cercolabidae, Conilurus, Ctenohystrica, Cylindrodontidae, Dolosimus, Downsimys, Echinomyidae, Ectropomys, Entoptychidae, Epeiromys, Eryomyidae, Eryomyina, Gliroidea, Homocentrus, Hystricognatha, Hystricomorpha, Ischyromyidae, Ischyromyiformes, Ivanantonia, Megacricetodontidae, Muriformia, Mylagaulidae, Myodonta, Pairomys, Paramyidae, Petauristidae, Pipestoneomyidae, Protrogomorpha, Pseudomys, Quercymys, Remyidae, Sciurognathi, Sciuroidea, Sciuromorpha, Siphneidae, Supramyomorpha, Taeniodus, Theridomyoidea, Yuomyidae, Zamoramys, Zelomyidae
Subtaxa: Nementchamyidae Nonanomaluridae Zegdoumyidae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
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