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Cylindrodontidae

Taxonomy

Cylindrodontidae was named by Miller and Gidley (1918). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Protrogomorpha by Wood (1958); and to Protrogomorpha by Carroll (1988).

Subtaxa

Anomoemys, Ardynomys, Cyclomylus, Cylindrodon, Dawsonomys, Jaywilsonomys, Mysops (syn. Syllophodus), Pareumys, Pseudocylindrodon, Sespemys, Tuscahomys

Sister taxa

Alagomyidae, Allomyidae, Anomalomyidae, Archetypomyidae, Cricetopidae, Gliridae, Ischyromyidae, Laredomyidae, Megacricetodontidae, Paramyidae, Petauristidae, Protoptychidae, Sciuravidae, Siphneidae, Yuomyidae

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Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1918	Cylindrodontidae Miller and Gidley
1958	Cylindrodontidae Wood p. 172
1988	Cylindrodontidae Carroll

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