Family Diatomyidae Mein and Ginsburg 1997 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Diatomyidae

Synonym: Laonastidae Jenkins et al. 2005

Full reference: P. Mein and L. Ginsburg. 1997. Les mammiferes du gisement miocene inferieure de Li Mae Long, Thailande; Systematique biostratigraphie et paleoenvironment. Geodiversitas 19(4):783-844

Parent taxon: Hystricognathi according to M. R. Dawson et al. 2006

See also Flynn 2007 and Marivaux and Welcomme 2003

Sister taxa: Bathyergomorpha, Bugtimys, Caviomorpha, Gaudeamuridae, Hodsahibia, Hystricidae, Phiomorpha, Protophiomyinae, Tufamyidae

Subtaxa: Diatomys Fallomus Inopinatia Laonastes Marymus Willmus

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Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of China (4 collections), Pakistan (10), Thailand (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (2)

• Oligocene of India (2), Pakistan (5), Serbia and Montenegro (5), Thailand (1)

Total: 30 collections including 40 occurrences

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