Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Alternative combination: Microparamys reginensis
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1984. Earliest Tertiary evolution and radiation of rodents in North America. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History 24:1-71
Belongs to Knightomys according to K. M. Flanagan 1986
See also Korth 1984
Sister taxa: Knightomys cremneus, Knightomys cuspidatus, Knightomys depressus, Knightomys huerfanensis, Knightomys minor, Knightomys senior
Type specimen: Its type locality is Almagre (CM 945), which is in a Wasatchian terrestrial horizon in the San Jose Formation of New Mexico
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (5: New Mexico, Utah collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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