†family Theridomyidae Alston 1876 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae

Parent taxon: Theridomyoidea according to I. Bonilla-Salomón et al. 2016

See also Carroll 1988, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Jaekel 1911, Vianey-Liaud et al. 2014 and Wood 1958

Sister taxon: Pseudosciuridae

Subtaxa: Archaeomys Columbomys Estellomys Issiodoromyinae Microsuevosciurus Oltinomyinae Oltinomys Paradelomys Pseudoltinomys Pseudosciurinae Remys Sciuromys Tardenomys Thalerimys Theridomyinae

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of Belgium (2 collections), the Czech Republic (1), France (69), Germany (14), Spain (15), Switzerland (5), Turkey (2)

• Eocene to Oligocene of France (1)

• Eocene of France (29), Spain (10), Switzerland (5), the United Kingdom (31)

Total: 184 collections including 440 occurrences

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