Biology:Phiomyidae
From HandWiki
Short description: Extinct family of rodents
| Phiomyidae | |
|---|---|
| |
| Gaudeamus hylaeus mandible | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
| Family: | †Phiomyidae Wood, 1955 |
The Phiomyidae are a family of prehistoric rodents from Africa and Eurasia. A 2011 study placed Gaudeamus in a new family, Gaudeamuridae.[1]
Genera include:
- Acritophiomys
- Andrewsimys
- Elwynomys
- Gaudeamus
- Phiomys
References
- ↑ "Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt". PLoS Collections. http://www.ploscollections.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0016525;jsessionid=4A4B8A5E7DD12BC3E642D5AE30B80069.ambra02. Retrieved 2011-09-27.
Wikidata ☰ Q7186400 entry
 |  |
