Mammalia - Rodentia - Paramyidae
Parent taxon: Rodentia according to K. D. Rose et al. 2012
See also Hooker 1986, Sahni and Srivastava 1976 and Wood 1958
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, Petauristidae, Pipestoneomyidae, Protrogomorpha, Pseudomys, Quercymys, Remyidae, Sciurognathi, Sciuroidea, Sciuromorpha, Siphneidae, Taeniodus, Theridomyoidea, Yuomyidae, Zamoramys, Zelomyidae
Subtaxa: Asiaparamys Corbarimys Reithroparamyinae Taishanomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of China (8 collections), France (1), India (1), Mexico (1), Mongolia (1), Pakistan (1), United States (39: California, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of Kazakhstan (1), United States (12: Colorado, Wyoming)
Total: 65 collections including 72 occurrences