Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
           Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
             Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
               Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian grade
                 Infraclass Eutheria Gill, 1872
                   Order Rodentia Bowdich, 1821 - rodents
                     Suborder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899 see Infraorder Hystricognathi Tullberg, 1899
                       Infraorder Phiomorpha Lavocat, 1962 [monotypic] see Parvorder Phiomorpha Lavocat, 1967
                         Superfamily Thryonomyoidea Pocock, 1922
                           1 Family †Phiomyidae Wood, 1955
                           2 Family Thryonomyidae Pocock, 1922 - cane rats
                           3 Family †Diamantomyidae Schaub, 1958
                           4 Family †Kenyamidae Carroll, 1988, nom. null. see Family Kenyamyidae Lavocat, 1973
                           5 Family †Myophiomyidae Lavocat, 1973