Phiomyidae
Extinct family of rodents
Phiomyidae Temporal range: Late Eocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Gaudeamus hylaeus mandible | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
Family: | †Phiomyidae Wood, 1955 |
The Phiomyidae are a family of prehistoric rodents from Africa and Eurasia. A 2011 study placed Gaudeamus in a new family, Gaudeamuridae.[1]
Genera include:
- Acritophiomys
- Andrewsimys
- Elwynomys
- Gaudeamus
- Phiomys
References
- ^ Sallam, Hesham M.; Seiffert, Erik R.; Simons, Elwyn L. (2011). "Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt". PLOS ONE. 6 (2). PLoS Collections: e16525. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...616525S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016525. PMC 3043065. PMID 21364934.
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Prehistoric families in order Rodentia
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Class: Mammalia
- Infraclass: Eutheria
- Superorder: Euarchontoglires
- Allomyidae
- Mylagaulidae
- Reithroparamyidae
- Parapedetidae
- Tamquammyidae
- Gobiomyidae
- Yuomyidae
- Chapattimyidae
- Tsaganomyidae
- "Baluchimyinae"
- Bathyergoididae
- Myophiomyidae
- Diamantomyidae
- Phiomyidae
- Kenyamyidae
- Cephalomyidae
- Eocardiidae
- Neoepiblemidae
- Heptaxodontidae
- Eurymylidae
- Alagomyidae
- Archetypomyidae
- Cocomyidae
- Ivanantoniidae
- Laredomyidae
- Ischyromyidae
- Theridomyidae
- Protoptychidae
- Zegdoumyidae
- Sciuravidae
- Cylindrodontidae
- Zelomyidae
See also: Category
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