Mammalia - Rodentia - Paramyidae
Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1962. The Early Tertiary Rodents of the Family Paramyidae. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society 52(1):3-261
Belongs to Franimys according to A. E. Wood 1962
Sister taxa: Franimys actites, Franimys ambos, Franimys buccatus
Type specimen: A.C.M. No. 10524, a partial skeleton (partial skeleton with partial skull, lower jaw, 16 vertebrae, pelvis, femur, tibia, fibula, and pes). Its type locality is SC-119 Franimys Hill, which is in a Clarkforkian terrestrial horizon in Wyoming.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Wyoming collections)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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