Diatomyidae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Hystricomorpha
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Placentalia 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 PDF
• 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

links

• ION (Diatomyidae)
• ION (Diatomyidae)
• ION (Laonastidae)