Mammalia - Theriamorpha - Pediomyidae
Synonym: Synconodon Osborn 1898
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:81-92
Parent taxon: Pediomyidae according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2012
See also Clemens 1966, Clemens 1979, Davis 2007, Goin et al. 2006, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010, Lillegraven and McKenna 1986, Marsh 1889, McKenna and Bell 1997, Montellano 1992, Sahni 1972, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1929, Sloan and Van Valen 1965 and Wood and Ormsbee 1954
Sister taxa: Iqualadelphis, Leptalestes, Petaurinae, Protolambda, Unnuakomys
Subtaxa: Pediomys elegans
Type: Pediomys elegans
Ecology: ground dwelling insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), Mexico (1), Portugal (1), United States (31: Montana, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 39 collections including 40 occurrences
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