Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Hystricomorpha |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
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-
- Authority for current placement: Dawson et al., 2006
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 Full article (PDF) Reference page.
- 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