Tsaganomyidae
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to ?Early Miocene
Skull of Tsaganomys altaicus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Suborder: Hystricomorpha
Family: †Tsaganomyidae
Matthew & Granger, 1923
Genera

†Tsaganomys
†Cyclomylus
†Coelodontomys

The Tsaganomyidae are an extinct family of rodents from Asia. It contains three genera.[1] Tsaganomyids are generally considered to be related to the Hystricognathi (porcupines and relatives).[2] Members of Tsaganomyidae were fossorial (digging) rodents that probably used their incisor teeth to dig like some living mole rats.[3]

Characteristics

Tsaganomyids had a protrogomorphous zygomasseteric system, a hystricognathous lower jaw, and multiserial enamel in their incisor teeth.[3]

References

  1. ^ Wang, B. (2001). "On Tsaganomyidae (Rodentia, Mammalia) of Asia". American Museum Novitates (3317): 1–50. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2001)317<0001:OTRMOA>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/2933. S2CID 59323419.
  2. ^ McKenna, M. C & S. K. Bell (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press. ISBN 0-231-11012-X.
  3. ^ a b Bryant, J.D & M.C. McKenna (1995). "Cranial anatomy and phylogenetic position of Tsaganomys altaicus (Mammalia, Rodentia) from the Hsanda Gol Formation (Oligocene), Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (3156): 1–42. hdl:2246/3675.


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