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Taxonomy
Lophiomyidae was named by Gill (1872). It is extant.
It was synonymized subjectively with Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); it was reranked as the subfamily Lophiomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); and to Muroidea by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was synonymized subjectively with Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); it was reranked as the subfamily Lophiomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Simplicidentata by Flower (1883) and Flower and Lydekker (1891); and to Muroidea by Steppan et al. (2004).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1872 | Lophiomyidae Gill p. 20 |
| 1883 | Lophiomyidae Flower p. 185 |
| 1891 | Lophiomyidae Flower and Lydekker p. 91 |
| 2004 | Lophiomyinae Steppan et al. p. 547 |
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available