Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1992. Cylindrodonts (Cylindrodonidae, Rodentia) and a new genus of eomyid, Paranamatomys, (Eomyidae, Rodentia) from the Chadronian of Sioux County, Nebraska. Transactions of the Nebraska Academy of Sciences 19:75-82
Parent taxon: Eomyinae according to W. W. Korth 1992
Sister taxa: Apeomyini, Eomyini, Yuneomys
Subtaxa: Metanoiamys Montanamus Namatomys Paranamatomys
Type: Namatomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, Wyoming collections)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska)
• Eocene of Canada (4: Saskatchewan), United States (80: California, Colorado, Montana, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 87 collections including 91 occurrences