Alternative spelling: Ctenodactylomorpha
Parent taxon: Hystricomorpha according to G. D’Elía et al. 2019
See also Nowak 1999
Sister taxa: Coendidae, Hystricognathi, Paradoxomyidae, Pseudoneoreomys, Viscacidae
Subtaxa: Ctenodactylidae Diatomyidae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Kenya (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Morocco (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Morocco (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (3), China (8), Greece (3), India (1), Kazakhstan (1), Libya (5), Mongolia (5), Morocco (2), Pakistan (20), Saudi Arabia (3), Thailand (1), Türkiye (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Mongolia (3), Pakistan (2)
• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (34), India (2), Kazakhstan (5), Mongolia (47), Pakistan (5), Serbia (5), Thailand (1), Türkiye (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Türkiye (1)
• Eocene of China (3), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 168 collections including 302 occurrences