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
- ^ "Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt". PLoS Collections. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
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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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