Mammalia - Rodentia - Diatomyidae
Full reference: L.J. Flynn, L.L. Jacobs, and I.U. Cheema. 1986. Baluchimyinae, A New Ctenodactyloid Rodent Subfamily from the Miocene of Baluchistan. American Museum Novitates 2841:1-58
Parent taxon: Diatomyidae according to L. J. Flynn 2007
See also Dawson et al. 2006, Flynn et al. 1986, Marivaux et al. 2004 and Mein and Ginsburg 1997
Sister taxa: Diatomys, Inopinatia, Laonastes, Marymus, Willmus
Subtaxa: Fallomus ginsburgi Fallomus ladakhensis Fallomus quraishyi Fallomus razae
Type: Fallomus razae
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (2 collections)
• Oligocene of India (2), Pakistan (5), Thailand (1)
Total: 10 collections including 16 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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