Mammalia - Rodentia - Ctenodactylidae
Alternative spelling: Ctenodactyli
Parent taxon: Ctenodactyloidea according to L. Marivaux et al. 2002
See also Carroll 1988, Huchon and Douzery 2001, Jaekel 1911, Montgelard et al. 2002, Nowak 1999 and Peters 1871
Sister taxa: Advenimus, Ageitonomys, Alaymys, Anadianomys, Bandaomys, Borisomys, Butomys, Chapattimyidae, Chenomys, Chuankueimys, Cocomys, Dianomys, Distylomyidae, Euboromys, Exmus, Gobiomyidae, Hannanomys, Hohomys, Petrokozlovia, Saykanomys, Simplicimys, Stelmomys, Tamquammyidae, Tamquammys, Tataromyidae, Tsinlingomys, Xueshimys, Yongshengomys, Yuanomys, Yuomys, Zodiomys, Zoyphiomys
Subtaxa: Africanomys Confiniummys Ctenodactylinae Ctenodactylus Dubiomys Huangomys Irhoudia Leptotataromys Massoutiera Metasayimys Ottomania Pectinator Prosayimys Protataromys Sayimys Tataromyinae Testouromys Woodomys Yindirtemyinae
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Morocco (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Morocco (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), China (6), Greece (3), India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (5), Mongolia (5), Morocco (2), Pakistan (19), Saudi Arabia (3), Türkiye (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Mongolia (3), Pakistan (1)
• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (34), Kazakhstan (5), Mongolia (47), Türkiye (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Türkiye (1)
• Eocene of China (3), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 150 collections including 262 occurrences