†family Sciuravidae Miller and Gidley 1918 (rodent)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuravidae
Parent taxon: Protrogomorpha according to A. E. Wood 1958
See also Carroll 1988
Sister taxa: Akmaiomys, Floresomys, Ischyromyoidea, Jimomys, Laredomyidae, Marfilomys, Meliakrouniomys, Protoptychidae, Pseudoparamys, Texomys
Subtaxa: Guanajuatomys Knightomys Pauromys Prolapsus Sciuravus Taxymys Tillomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Eocene to Oligocene of China (1 collection)
• Eocene of China (1), Mexico (1), United States (227: California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)
Total: 230 collections including 288 occurrences