Laonastes and the "Lazarus effect" in Recent mammals

M. R. Dawson, L. Marivaux, C.-k. Li, K. C. Beard, and G. Métais

2006

Article

Science 311:1456-1458

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Taxa discussed in this work:

• Diatomys shantungensis
• Laonastes
• Laonastes aenigmamus
• Laonastidae
• Willmus

Taxonomy:

• Diatomyidae belongs to Hystricognathi - Dawson et al. (2006)
• Laonastidae belongs to Diatomyidae - Dawson et al. (2006)
• Diatomys belongs to Diatomyidae - Dawson et al. (2006)
• Fallomus belongs to Diatomyidae - Dawson et al. (2006)
• Willmus belongs to Diatomyidae - Dawson et al. (2006)
• Laonastes belongs to Diatomyidae - Dawson et al. (2006)
• Laonastes aenigmamus belongs to Laonastes - Dawson et al. (2006)
• Diatomys shantungensis belongs to Diatomys - Dawson et al. (2006)