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Taxon: Family "Aplodontidae" Trouessart, 1897, orth. inval. - sewellel (mammal)
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Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Rodentia

Subsequent positions

Aplodontoidea (Superfamily) Matthew, 1910, orth. inval.

Original entries

Questionably †Ansomys (Genus) Qiu, 1987
Questionably †Liodontia (Genus) Miller & Gidley, 1918
Questionably †Niglarodon (Genus) Black, 1961
Questionably †Promeniscomys (Genus) Wang, 1987
Questionably †Pseudaplodon (Genus) Miller, 1927
Questionably †Tardontia (Genus) Shotwell, 1958
Questionably †Tschalimys (Genus) Shevyreva, 1971

Subsequent entries

Aplodontia (Genus) Richardson, 1829
†Meniscomys (Genus) Cope, 1878

Current position

Aplodontoidea (Superfamily) Matthew, 1910, orth. inval. Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 118.

Alternative positions

Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 136.
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899) Ref: D.E. Wilson, 1993: 417.

Historical positions

Aplodontoidea (Superfamily) Matthew, 1910, orth. inval. Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 118.
Sciurognathi (Suborder) (Tullberg, 1899) Ref: D.E. Wilson, 1993: 417; 7.
Rodentia (Order) Bowdich, 1821 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 136.
Aplodontoidea (Superfamily) Matthew, 1910, orth. inval. Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: App. (p. 635).
Sciuromorpha (Suborder) Brandt, 1855 Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1046.
Aplodontoidea (Superfamily) Matthew, 1910, orth. inval. Ref: I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974: 580.

Number of Subtaxa

1989-present Systema Naturae 2000 [1g;1s; †8g]
1997 M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell [1g; †8g]
1993 D.E. Wilson 1g;1s
1991 G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill [1g];1s
1982 A.F. DeBlase 1g;1s
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