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Diatomyidae

Taxonomy

Diatomyidae was named by Mein and Ginsburg (1997) [includes the extant Laonastes]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Hystricognathi by Dawson et al. (2006).

Subtaxa

Diatomys, Fallomus, Laonastes, Willmus

Sister taxa

Cephalomyidae, Hystricidae

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Synonyms

Laonastidae was named by Jenkins et al. (2005). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Diatomyidae by Dawson et al. (2006).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1997	Diatomyidae Mein and Ginsburg p. 810
2005	Laonastidae Jenkins et al.
2006	Diatomyidae Dawson et al. p. 1458

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