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Platacanthomyinae

Mammalia - Rodentia

Taxonomy
Platacanthomyidae was named by Alston (1876) [includes Neocometes originally entered as a subfamily]. It is extant.

It was reranked as the subfamily Platacanthomyinae by Mein and Freudenthal (1971), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Steppan et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Cricetidae by Mein and Freudenthal (1971); to Muridae by McKenna and Bell (1997); and to Muroidea by Steppan et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Platacanthomyinae Mein and Freudenthal p. 9
1997Platacanthomyinae McKenna and Bell p. 172
2004Platacanthomyinae Steppan et al. p. 547

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
Eutheria()
Placentalia
Boreoeutheria
EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
Glires()
Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
subfamilyPlatacanthomyinae(Alston 1876)
subfamilyPlatacanthomyinae(Alston 1876)

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.

Subfm. Platacanthomyinae Alston 1876
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G. †Neocometes Schaub and Zapfe 1953
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Neocometes orientalis Mein 1990
Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966
G. Platacanthomys Blyth 1859
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Platacanthomys lasiurus Blyth 1859 [malabar spiny dormouse]
G. Typhlomys Milne-Edwards 1877 [Chinese pygmy dormouse]
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Typhlomys chapensis Osgood 1932
Typhlomys cinereus Milne-Edwards 1877
Typhlomys daloushanensis Cheng et al. 2017
Typhlomys nanus Cheng et al. 2017
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingo
Diet: herbivoreo
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-08-26 14:04:46
Modified: 2005-08-26 16:04:46
Source: o = order, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Nowak 1999, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the MN 3 to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.00000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 16.9 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333South Korea (Gangwon-do) Neocometes similis (137129)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Thailand Neocometes orientalis (48126)
MN 320.0 - 16.9Spain (Aragon) Neocometes similis (68041)
MN 416.9 - 15.97France (Gers) Neocometes sp. (69099)
MN 416.9 - 15.97Poland Neocometes similis (31041)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Neocometes similis (49418)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Sankt Gallen) Neocometes similis (46285)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Neocometes similis (46955)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Switzerland (Zürich) Neocometes similis (46225 46286)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bayern) Neocometes similis (44972 44974)
MN 5 - MN 615.97 - 12.75Poland Neocometes similis (31040)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Slovakia (Bratislava) Neocometes brunonis (58983)
MN 7 + 812.75 - 11.1Switzerland (Baselland) Neocometes brunonis (49421)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246China (Yunnan) Platacanthomys sp., Typhlomys sp. (11798)
Turolian8.7 - 5.333China (Yunnan) Platacanthomys sp., Typhlomys sp. (44219 44220 44223 44224)
MN 12 - MN 137.75 - 4.9China (Shaanxi) Typhlomys sp. (78328)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China (Anhui) Typhlomys intermedius (68380)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781China ( Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region) Typhlomys intermedius, Typhlomys cinereus (214689)