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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Euarchontoglires Cladus: Gliriformes Grandordo: Glires Mirordo: Simplicidentata Ordo: Rodentia Subordo: Hystricomorpha

Familia: Diatomyidae
Genera (1 + †6): †Diatomys – †Fallomus – †Inopinatia – Laonastes – †Marymus – †Pierremus – †Willmus

Name

Diatomyidae Mein & Ginsburg, 1997: 810

• Type genus: Diatomys Li, 1974.

Synonyms

• Laonastidae Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005: 422
  • Type genus: Laonastes Jenkins, Kilpatrick, Robinson & Timmins, 2005, by monotypy.

References

Primary references

• Mein, P. & Ginsburg, L. 1997. Les mammifères du gisement miocène inférieur de Li Mae Long, Thaïlande : systématique, biostratigraphie et paléoenvironnement. Geodiversitas 19(4): 783–844. PDF
• 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. 

Additional 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
• 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
• Jenkins, P. 2016. Family Diatomyidae (Kha-Nyau). Pp. 300–303 in Wilson, D.E., Lacher Jr., T.E. & Mittermeier, R.A. (Eds.) . Handbook of the Mammals of the World. Volume 6. Lagomorphs and Rodents I. Lynx Edicions: Barcelona. ISBN 978-84-941892-3-4 Reference page.