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Superfamily
Geomyoidea
Bonaparte, 1845
(mammal)
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Entity:
Castorimorphi (Infraorder)
..Castoroidea (Superfamily)
..Geomyoidea (Superfamily)
....†Eomyidae (Family)
....†Florentiamyidae (Family)
....†Floresomys (Genus)
....Geomyidae (Family) - pocket gophers
....†Griphomys (Genus)
....†Heliscomys (Genus)
....Heteromyidae (Family) - pocket mice, kangaroo rats, and kangaroo mice
....†Jimomys (Genus)
....†Meliakrouniomys (Genus)
....†Texomys (Genus)
Concise hierarchy
(Kingdom)
Animalia
-
(Phylum)
Chordata
-
(Class)
Mammalia
-
(Order)
Rodentia
Subsequent positions
Geomorpha
(Infraorder)
Thaler, 1966
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 181.
Ischyromyiformes
(Clade)
Marivaux, Vianey-Liaud & Jaeger 2004
Ref:
L. Marivaux et al., 2004
[assumed]
Original entries
Questionably
†
Florentiamyidae
(Family)
Wood, 1936
Questionably
†
Floresomys
(Genus)
Fries, Hibbard & Dunkle, 1955
Questionably
†
Jimomys
(Genus)
Wahlert, 1976
Questionably
†
Texomys
(Genus)
Slaughter, 1981
Subsequent entries
Geomyidae
(Family)
Bonaparte, 1845
†
Heliscomys
(Genus)
Cope, 1873
Heteromyidae
(Family)
Gray, 1868
Current position
Castorimorphi
(Infraorder)
Ref:
D'Elía et al., 2019: fig. 3
[inferred name]
Alternative positions
Geomorpha
(Infraorder)
Thaler, 1966
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 181.
[
new position
]
Ischyromyiformes
(Clade)
Marivaux, Vianey-Liaud & Jaeger 2004
Ref:
L. Marivaux et al., 2004
: abstract.
[
new position
]
Myomorpha
(Infraorder)
Brandt, 1855
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 636.
Sciuromorpha
(Suborder)
Brandt, 1855
Ref:
R.C. van Caenegem et al., 1979-1984
: 1981.
Historical positions
Ischyromyiformes
(Clade)
Marivaux, Vianey-Liaud & Jaeger 2004
Ref:
L. Marivaux et al., 2004
: abstract.
[
new position
]
Geomorpha
(Infraorder)
Thaler, 1966
Ref:
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 181.
[
new position
]
Myomorpha
(Infraorder)
Brandt, 1855
Ref:
R.L. Carroll, 1988
: 636.
Sciuromorpha
(Suborder)
Brandt, 1855
Ref:
I. Eibl-Eibesfeldt et al., 1974
: 583.
Number of Subtaxa
2024
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
2f;17g;153s;37ss; †2f;84g;22s
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
: 9 Jun 2022
[2f;17g;153s; †2f;84g]
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
: 185
[1f;11g; †1f;35g]
1988
R.L. Carroll
: 636
[2f; †2f]
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Last updated:
1 Feb 2024