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Pediomyidae
Taxonomy
Pediomyinae was named by Simpson (1927). Its type is Pediomys.
It was reranked as the family Pediomyinae by Wood and Ormsbee (1954); it was reranked as the family Pediomyidae by Clemens (1979), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Goin et al. (2006) and Davis (2007); it was reranked as the unranked clade Pediomyidae by Williamson et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Didelphiidae by Simpson (1927) and Simpson (1929); to Didelphidae by Simpson (1927), Hay (1930) and Wood and Ormsbee (1954); to Didelphoidea by Clemens (1979) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Didelphimorphia by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Marsupialia by Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and Goin et al. (2006); to Pediomyoidea by Davis (2007); and to Peradectidae by Williamson et al. (2012).
It was reranked as the family Pediomyinae by Wood and Ormsbee (1954); it was reranked as the family Pediomyidae by Clemens (1979), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Goin et al. (2006) and Davis (2007); it was reranked as the unranked clade Pediomyidae by Williamson et al. (2012).
It was assigned to Didelphiidae by Simpson (1927) and Simpson (1929); to Didelphidae by Simpson (1927), Hay (1930) and Wood and Ormsbee (1954); to Didelphoidea by Clemens (1979) and McKenna and Bell (1997); to Didelphimorphia by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); to Marsupialia by Lillegraven and McKenna (1986) and Goin et al. (2006); to Pediomyoidea by Davis (2007); and to Peradectidae by Williamson et al. (2012).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1927 | Pediomyinae Simpson p. 6 |
| 1929 | Pediomyinae Simpson p. 117 |
| 1930 | Pediomyinae Hay p. 390 |
| 1954 | Pediomyinae Wood and Ormsbee p. 30 |
| 1979 | Pediomyidae Clemens p. 193 |
| 1986 | Pediomyidae Lillegraven and McKenna p. 37 |
| 1997 | Pediomyidae McKenna and Bell |
| 2004 | Pediomyidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 443, 456 |
| 2006 | Pediomyidae Goin et al. |
| 2007 | Pediomyidae Davis p. 228 |
| 2012 | Pediomyidae Williamson et al. |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. †Pediomyidae Simpson 1927
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G. †Leptalestes Davis 2007
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†Leptalestes cooki Clemens 1966
†Leptalestes krejcii Clemens 1966
†Leptalestes prokrejcii Fox 1979
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Invalid names: Pediomys fassetti Rigby, Jr. and Wolberg 1987 [synonym]
†Leptalestes toevsi Hunter et al. 2010
G. †Pediomys Marsh 1889
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†Pediomys elegans Marsh 1889
Invalid names: Synconodon Osborn 1898 [synonym]
G. †Protolambda Osborn 1898
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†Protolambda clemensi Sahni 1972
†Protolambda florencae Clemens 1966
†Protolambda mcgilli Kelly 2014
Invalid names: Aletridelphys Davis 2007 [objective synonym]
Invalid names: Petaurinae Gill 1872 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available