Diatomyidae

Diatomyidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hystricomorpha

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohors: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Cladus: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha

Familia: Diatomyidae
Genera (6): Laonastes – †Diatomys – †Fallomus – †Marymus – †Pierremus – †Willmus

Name

• Diatomyidae Mein & Ginsburg, 1997

Synonyms

• Laonastidae Jenkins et al., 2005
  • Authority for current placement: Dawson et al., 2006
    • undisputed by all subsequent authorities
  • Original status: valid familia
  • Type genus: Laonastes Jenkins et al., 2005 [not explicitly cited as type genus, so name possibly unavailable by Art. 16.2]
  • Stem: Laonast-

References

• Dawson, M.R.; Marivaux, L.; Li, C.-k.; Beard, K.C.; Métais, G. 2006: Laonastes and the "Lazarus effect" in Recent mammals. Science, 311(5766): 1456–1458. DOI: 10.1126/science.1124187
• Flynn, L.J. 2007: Origin and evolution of the Diatomyidae, with clues to paleoecology from the fossil record. Bulletin of Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 39: 173–181. DOI: 10.2992/0145-9058(2007)39[173:OAEOTD]2.0.CO;2 BioStor
• Jenkins, P.D., Kilpatrick, C.W., Robinson, M.F. & Timmins, R.J. 2005. Morphological and molecular investigations of a new family, genus and species of rodent (Mammalia: Rodentia: Hystricognatha) from Lao PDR. Systematics and Biodiversity 2(4): 419–454. DOI: 10.1017/S1477200004001549 ; ResearchGate Reference page. 
• López-Antoñanzas, R. 2011: First diatomyid rodent from the Early Miocene of Arabia. Naturwissenschaften, 98(2): 117–123. DOI: 10.1007/s00114-010-0745-0
• Mein, P.; Ginsburg, L. 1997: [Mammals of the Lower Miocene formation of Li Mae Long, Thailand: systematics, biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment.] Geodiversitas, 19(4): 783–844. abstract only seen

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