Parent taxon: Rodentia according to I. Bonilla-Salomón et al. 2016
See also Carroll 1988 and Hooker 1986
Sister taxa: Alagomyidae, Allactagidae, Allomyidae, Anomalomyidae, Anomaluroidea, Aplodontoidea, Archetypomyidae, Callodontomys, Castorimorpha, Cavina, Cercolabidae, Conilurus, Cricetidae, Ctenohystrica, Cylindrodontidae, Dolosimus, Downsimys, Echinomyidae, Ectropomys, Entoptychidae, Epeiromys, Eryomyidae, Eryomyina, Florentiamyidae, Gliroidea, Homocentrus, Hystricognatha, Ischyromyidae, Ischyromyiformes, Ivanantonia, Megacricetodontidae, Muriformia, Mylagaulidae, Myodonta, Myomorpha, Pairomys, Paramyidae, Petauristidae, Pipestoneomyidae, Protrogomorpha, Pseudomys, Quercymys, Remyidae, Sciurognathi, Sciuroidea, Sciuromorpha, Siphneidae, Taeniodus, Yuomyidae, Zamoramys, Zelomyidae
Subtaxa: Pseudosciuridae Theridomyidae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of France (2 collections)
• Oligocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Oligocene of Belgium (2), Czechia (1), France (69), Germany (14), Spain (15), Switzerland (5), Türkiye (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1)
• Eocene of France (33), Spain (11), Switzerland (9), the United Kingdom (33)
Total: 198 collections including 514 occurrences