Phiomyidae
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| Phiomyidae Temporal range:
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| Gaudeamus hylaeus mandible | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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
[edit]- ^ 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.
Prehistoric families in order Rodentia | |
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| Sciuromorpha |
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| Castorimorpha | |
| Myomorpha | |
| Anomaluromorpha |
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| Hystricomorpha |
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| incertae sedis |
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See also: Category | |
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