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Diatomyidae
Taxonomy
Diatomyidae was named by Mein and Ginsburg (1997) [includes the extant Laonastes]. It is extant.
It was assigned to Hystricognathi by Dawson et al. (2006); and to Rodentia by Marivaux and Welcomme (2003), Flynn (2007).
It was assigned to Hystricognathi by Dawson et al. (2006); and to Rodentia by Marivaux and Welcomme (2003), Flynn (2007).
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1997 | Diatomyidae Mein and Ginsburg p. 810 |
| 2003 | Diatomyidae Marivaux and Welcomme |
| 2005 | Laonastidae Jenkins et al. |
| 2006 | Diatomyidae Dawson et al. p. 1458 |
| 2007 | Diatomyidae Flynn |
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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. Diatomyidae Mein and Ginsburg 1997
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G. †Fallomus Flynn et al. 1986
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†Fallomus ginsburgi Marivaux and Welcomme 2003
†Fallomus ladakhensis Nanda and Sahni 1998
†Fallomus quraishyi Marivaux and Welcomme 2003
†Fallomus razae Flynn et al. 1986
Invalid names: Laonastidae Jenkins et al. 2005 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1999 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 33.90000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma
Collections (29 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Oligocene | Serbia | Inopinatia balkanica (190736) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Serbia (Pirotska oblast ) | Inopinatia balkanica (196836 196837 196838 196840) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Fallomus razae (79009) | |
| Early/Lower Oligocene | Pakistan (Balochistan) | Fallomus sp., Fallomus razae, Fallomus ginsburgi, Fallomus quraishyi (78520) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Thailand (Phetchaburi) | Fallomus ladakhensis (71985) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | India (Jammu and Kashmir) | Fallomus ladakhensis, Fallomus razae (180532 180533) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Fallomus ginsburgi, Fallomus quraishyi, Fallomus sp. (179812) Fallomus razae (179936) | |
| Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Fallomus sp., Marymus dalanae (179934 179935) | |
| Aquitanian | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | D. n. sp., Marymus dalanae (179933) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene | China (Jiangsu) | Diatomys shantungensis (13482) | |
| Miocene | Pakistan (Sindh) | Diatomys sp. (176046 176049 176051 176053 176054 176055) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Shandong) | Diatomys shantungensis (41810) | |
| Burdigalian | China (Jiangsu) | Diatomys shantungensis (41813 43400) | |
| Burdigalian - Langhian | Thailand | Diatomys sp., Diatomys liensis (48126) | |
| Burdigalian - Serravallian | Pakistan (Baluchistan) | Diatomys sp. (180613 180619) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Pakistan (Punjab) | Willmus maximus (192113) |