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| Phiomyidae Temporal range: Late Eocene–Middle Miocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Gaudeamus hylaeus mandible | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Parvorder: | Phiomorpha |
| Family: | †Phiomyidae Wood, 1955 |
The Phiomyidae are a family of prehistoric rodents from Africa and Eurasia. A 2011 study placed Gaudeamus in a new family, Gaudeamuridae.
Genera include:
References
- Sallam, Hesham M.; Seiffert, Erik R.; Simons, Elwyn L. (2011). "Craniodental Morphology and Systematics of a New Family of Hystricognathous Rodents (Gaudeamuridae) from the Late Eocene and Early Oligocene of Egypt". PLOS ONE. 6 (2). PLoS Collections: e16525. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...616525S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0016525. PMC 3043065. PMID 21364934.
| Prehistoric families in order Rodentia | |
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| Sciuromorpha | |
| Castorimorpha | |
| Myomorpha | |
| Anomaluromorpha | |
| Hystricomorpha | |
| Theridomorpha |
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| incertae sedis | |
| See also: Category | |
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Phiomyidae | |
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