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, Allomyidae, Anomalomyidae, Aplodontoidea, Archetypomyidae, Callodontomys, Castoroidea, Cavina, Cercolabidae, Conilurus, Ctenohystrica, Cylindrodontidae, Diatomyidae, Dolosimus, Downsimys, Echinomyidae, Ectropomys, Epeiromys, Eryomyidae, Eryomyina, Fiber, Geomorpha, Geomyoidea, Gliridae, Gliroidea, Homocentrus, Hystricognatha, Hystricomorpha, Ischyromyidae, Ivanantonia, Megacricetodontidae, Muriformia, Mylagaulidae, Myodonta, Myomorpha, Pairomys, Paramyidae, Petauristidae, Protrogomorpha, Pseudomys, Quercymys, Remyidae, Sciurognathi, Sciuroidea, Sciuromorpha, Siphneidae, Taeniodus, Theridomyoidea, Yuomyidae, Zamoramys, Zapodidae, Zelomyidae
Subtaxa: Anomaluridae Nementchamyidae Nonanomaluridae Pedetidae Zegdoumyidae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Kenya (1 collection)
• Miocene of Kenya (11), Namibia (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Uganda (3)
• Oligocene of Kenya (1), Libya (1), Morocco (2), Oman (2)
• Eocene of Algeria (7), Egypt (1), Libya (1), Myanmar (3), Namibia (1), Tunisia (1)
Total: 38 collections including 62 occurrences