Mammalia - Rodentia - Paramyidae

Alternative combinations: Paramys buccatus, Plesiarctomys buccatus, Sciuravus buccatus

Belongs to Franimys according to W. W. Korth 1984

See also Hay 1902, Matthew 1909, Matthew 1910, Matthew 1918, Reeside 1924 and Wood 1962

Sister taxa: Franimys actites, Franimys ambos, Franimys amherstensis

Type specimen: U.S.N.M. No. 1129, a maxilla (right maxilla).

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution: found only at Rocking Chair Ranch (Eocene of Wyoming)

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