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Paraphyletic taxon:
Family †
Phiomyidae
Wood, 1955
(mammal)
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Entity:
Phiomorpha (Parvorder)
..Bathyergoidea (Superfamily)
..Thryonomyoidea (Superfamily)
..†Phiomyidae (Family)
....†Andrewsimys (Genus)
....†Phiomys (Genus)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
-
(Order)
Rodentia
Original position
Questionably
Hystricognathi
(Infraorder)
Tullberg, 1899
Current position
Phiomorpha
(Parvorder)
Lavocat, 1967
Ref:
Marivaux et al., 2017: [6]; Barbière & Marivaux, in Cox & Hautier (eds.), 2015: fig. 4.3
Alternative positions
Hystricognathi
(Infraorder)
Tullberg, 1899
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 194.
Phiomorpha
(Infraorder)
Lavocat, 1962
Ref:
Stevens et al., 2006: 407
Thryonomyoidea
(Superfamily)
Pocock, 1922
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 638.
Historical positions
Hystricognathi
(Clade)
Ref:
M.A. O'Leary et al., 2013
: table S2 (p. 87).
Hystricognathi
(Infraorder)
Tullberg, 1899
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 194.
Thryonomyoidea
(Superfamily)
Pocock, 1922
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 638.
Number of Subtaxa
2025
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
†2g
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
[; †2g]
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[; †2g]
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21 Sep 2025