Subfamily Platacanthomyinae Alston 1876
Alternative spelling: Platacanthomyidae
Parent taxon: Muroidea according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Mein and Freudenthal 1971
Sister taxa: Cricetopsinae, Eucricetodontidae, Eumuroida, Heterocricetodontidae, Lophiomyinae, Myospalacinae, Pseudocricetodontidae, Spalacidae
Subtaxa: Neocometes Platacanthomys Typhlomys
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