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
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
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