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Taxonomy
Platacanthomys was named by Blyth (1859). It is extant.
It was assigned to Platacanthomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
It was assigned to Platacanthomyinae by Steppan et al. (2004).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1859 | Platacanthomys Blyth |
| 2004 | Platacanthomys Steppan et al. p. 535 |
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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.
G. Platacanthomys Blyth 1859
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†Platacanthomys dianensis Qiu 1989
Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth 1859 [malabar spiny dormouse]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1999, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Turolian to the top of the Tortonian or 8.72500 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma
Collections (9 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Tortonian | China (Yunnan) | P. sp. (11798) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | China (Yunnan) | P. dianensis (235586 235587 235588 235589) | |
| Turolian | China (Yunnan) | P. sp. (44219 44220 44223 44224) |