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Rodentia (rodent)
Taxonomy
Rodentia was named by Bowditch (1821). It is extant. It was considered monophyletic by Asher et al. (2005).
It was assigned to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Unguiculata by Ameghino (1894); to Epitheria by McKenna (1975); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gregory (1910), Carroll (1988) and Nowak (1991); to Glires by Madsen et al. (2001); to Simplicidentata by Asher et al. (2005); to Mammalia by Shoshani et al. (1989) and Tabuce et al. (2005); and to Glires by Waddell et al. (1999), Waddell et al. (2001), Wible et al. (2007) and Asher and Helgen (2010).
It was assigned to Eutheria by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Unguiculata by Ameghino (1894); to Epitheria by McKenna (1975); to Eutheria by Flower (1883), Gregory (1910), Carroll (1988) and Nowak (1991); to Glires by Madsen et al. (2001); to Simplicidentata by Asher et al. (2005); to Mammalia by Shoshani et al. (1989) and Tabuce et al. (2005); and to Glires by Waddell et al. (1999), Waddell et al. (2001), Wible et al. (2007) and Asher and Helgen (2010).
Subtaxa
Alagomyidae, Allomyidae, Anomalomyidae, Anomaluroidea, Anomaluromorpha, Apletotomeus, Aplodontoidea, Archetypomyidae, Bandaomys, Castorimorpha, Castoroidea, Cavina, Cricetopidae, Ctenodactyloidea, Ctenodactylomorpha, Ctenohystrica, Cylindrodontidae, Downsimys, Ectropomys, Epeiromys, Eryomyina, Floresomys, Geomyoidea, Gliridae, Glirimorpha, Gliroidea, Griphomys, Heliscomys, Ischyromyidae, Ischyromyoidea, Jimomys, Laredomyidae, Luribayomys, Marfilomys, Megacricetodontidae, Meliakrouniomys, Muriformia, Myodonta, Paciculus, Pairomys, Paramyidae, Pedetoidea, Petauristidae, Pipestoneomys, Prolapsus, Protoptychidae, Pseudoparamys, Quercymys, Sciuravidae, Sciuroidea, Siphneidae, Spalacoidea, Texomys, Theridomyoidea, Yuomyidae, Zamoramys
Sister taxa
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Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1821 | Rodentia Bowditch |
| 1855 | Myomorpha Brandt |
| 1855 | Sciuromorpha Brandt |
| 1883 | Rodentia Flower p. 185 |
| 1891 | Rodentia Flower and Lydekker p. 91 |
| 1893 | Protrogomorpha Zittel |
| 1894 | Rodentia Ameghino p. 67 |
| 1899 | Sciurognathi Tullberg |
| 1910 | Rodentia Gregory p. 465 |
| 1958 | Myomorpha Wood p. 172 |
| 1958 | Protrogomorpha Wood p. 172 |
| 1975 | Rodentia McKenna p. 43 |
| 1976 | Protrogomorpha Sahni and Srivastava p. 922 |
| 1986 | Sciurognathi Hooker p. 213 |
| 1988 | Myomorpha Carroll |
| 1988 | Protrogomorpha Carroll |
| 1988 | Rodentia Carroll |
| 1988 | Sciurognathi Carroll |
| 1988 | Sciuromorpha Carroll |
| 1989 | Rodentia Shoshani et al. p. 436 |
| 1991 | Rodentia Nowak |
| 1999 | Myomorpha Nowak |
| 1999 | Protrogomorpha Nowak |
| 1999 | Sciurognathi Nowak |
| 1999 | Sciuromorpha Nowak |
| 1999 | Rodentia Waddell et al. p. cover |
| 2001 | Rodentia Madsen et al. p. 612 |
| 2001 | Rodentia Waddell et al. p. 148 |
| 2005 | Rodentia Asher et al. p. 1094 |
| 2005 | Rodentia Tabuce et al. p. 392 |
| 2007 | Sciuromorpha Dunn and Rasmussen p. 988 |
| 2007 | Rodentia Wible et al. |
| 2010 | Rodentia Asher and Helgen p. 3 figs. Figure 1 |
| 2010 | Myomorpha Walsh p. 1611 |
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