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Extinct family of rodents

Gobiomyidae
Temporal range: middle to late Eocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Ctenodactyloidea
Family: Gobiomyidae
Wang, 2001
Genera

Gobiomys
Mergenomys
Youngomys

Gobiomyidae is a small extinct family of rodents from the Eocene of Asia. The family contains four genera (one remains unnamed) and belongs to the superfamily Ctenodactyloidea (Wang, 2001), which also contains the living Laotian rock rat and gundis and their fossil relatives (families Diatomyidae and Ctenodactylidae, respectively). When Wang named the family, gobiomyids were considered the closest known relatives of Ctenodactylidae, but newer research indicates that Diatomyidae is more closely related to living ctenodactylids (Dawson et al., 2006).

References

  • Dawson, M. R., L. Marivaux, C.-k. Li, K. C. Beard, and G. Métais. 2006. Laonastes and the "Lazarus effect" in Recent mammals. Science, 311:1456-1458.
  • Wang, B.-Y. 2001. Eocene ctenodactyloids (Rodentia, Mammalia) from Nei Mongol, China. Vertebrata PalAsiatica, 39(2):98-114.
Hystricomorpha
Ctenodactylomorphi
Incertae sedis
Chapattimyidae
Baluchimyinae
Chapattimyinae
Ctenodactylidae
Diatomyidae
Tamquammyidae
Cocomyinae
Tamquammyinae
Tsinlingomyinae
Yuomyidae
Pectinator spekei
Hystricognathiformes
Tsaganomyidae
Hystricognathi
Phiomorpha
Bathyergomorpha
Bathyergidae
Bathyergoidae
Heterocephalidae
Diamantomyidae
Hystricidae
Kenyamyidae
Myophiomyidae
Myophiomyinae
Phiocricetomyinae
Petromuridae
Phiomyidae
Thryonomyidae
Caviomorpha
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Heterocephalus glaber

Atherurus africanus

Hystrix crassispinis
Caviomorpha
Incertae sedis
Cavioidea
Caviidae
Caviinae
Dolichotinae
Hydrochoerinae
Ctenomyidae
Dasyproctidae
Dinomyiidae
Dinomyinae
Eumegamyinae
Potamarchinae
Eocardiidae
Eocardiinae
Luantinae
Neoepiblemidae
Chinchilloidea
Abrocomidae
Chinchillidae
Erethizontoidea
Erethizontidae
Chaetomyinae
Erethizontinae
Octodontoidea
Echimyidae
Adelphomyinae
Capromyinae
Capromyini
Hexolobodontini
Isolobodontini
Plagiodontini
Carterodontinae
Echimyinae
Echimyini
Myocastorini
Eumysopinae
Euryzygomatomyinae
Heteropsomyinae
Heptaxodontidae
Octodontidae
Cavia porcellus

Dasyprocta leporina Josephoartigasia monesi Protohydrochoerus Erethizon dorsatum Sphiggurus spinosus Echinoprocta rufescens Chinchilla lanigera Santamartamys rufodorsalis Medomys hispidus

Olallamys albicauda
Prehistoric families in order Rodentia
Sciuromorpha
Castorimorpha
Myomorpha
Anomaluromorpha
Hystricomorpha
Theridomorpha
incertae sedis
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Gobiomyidae


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