After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Dinomyidae Peters, 1873 [taxonomic history] (pacaranas; pakaranat) |-- †Pseudodiodomys Paula Couto, 1979; U.Mioc. SA |-- †Agnomys Kraglievich, 1940; ?U.Mioc.-?L.Plioc. SA. (nomen dubium) |--o †Eumegamyinae Kraglievich, 1926 [taxonomic history] | |--o †Josephoartigasia Mones, 2007 [Artigasia Francis & Mones, 1966 (non Artigasia Christie, 1934; Nematoda: Thelastomatidae)] U.Plioc.-?L.Pleist. SA. | | |-- †J. magna (Francis & Mones, 1966) [Artigasia magna Francis & Mones, 1966] | | `-- †J. monesi Rinderknecht & Blanco, 2008 | |-- †Doellomys Alvarez, 1947; U.Mioc. SA. | |--o †Gyriabrus Ameghino, 1891 [†Gyrabrius Lydekker, 1892] U.Mioc. SA. | | `-- †G. glutinatus | |--o †Briaromys Ameghino, 1889; U.Mioc. SA. | | `-- †B. trouessartianus | |-- †Tetrastylus Ameghino, 1886 [†Loxomylus Burmeister, 1891 (non †Loxomylus Cope, 1869, a synon. of †Edaphodon (Chondrichthyes: Holocephali: Chimaeriformes)); †Loxopygus Burmeister, 1891 (lapsus calami?)] [incl. †Tetrastylops Kraglievich, 1931; †Protelicomys Kraglievich, 1931] | | `-- †T. montanus Ameghino | |?-o †Phoberomys Kraglievich, 1926; U.Mioc-?L.Plioc. SA. [refered to family Neoepiblemidae by Sánchez-Villagra, Aguilera & Horovitz, 2003] | | |-- †P. pattersoni | | |-- †P. insolita | | `-- †P. lozanoi | |--o †Colpostemma Ameghino, 1891 [†Calpostemma Zittel, 1893] U.Mioc. SA. | | `-- †C. sinuata | |-- †Orthomys Ameghino, 1881; U.Mioc. SA. | |-- †Eumegamys Kraglievich, 1926 [†Megamys Ameghino, 1886 (non †Megamys d'Orbigny & Laurrillard, 1837 (a litoptern mammal)] [incl. †Isostylomys Kraglievich, 1926; †Carlesia Kraglievich, 1926; †Diaphoromys Kraglievich, 1931; †Rusconia Kraglievich, 1931; †Protomegamys Kraglievich, 1932] U.Mioc.-U.Plioc. SA. | |-- †Pseudosigmomys Kraglievich, 1931; U.Mioc.-?Plioc. SA. | |-- †Pentastylodon Alvarez, 1947; U.Mioc. SA. | |-- †Eumegamysops Alvarez, 1947 [non †Eumegamysops Kraglievich, 1940 (nomen nudum, and different animal)] | |--o †Telicomys Kraglievich, 1926; U.Mioc.-U.Plioc. SA. | | |-- †T. giganteus | | `-- †T. gigantissimus | `-- †Perumys Kretzoi & Voros, 1989; U.Mioc. SA. |--o †Potamarchinae Kraglievich, 1926 [taxonomic history] | |--o †Scleromys Ameghino, 1887 [incl. Lomomys Ameghino, 1891] L.-M.Mioc. SA. | | `-- †S. colombianus | |--o †Olenopsis Ameghino, 1889 [non †Olenopsis Bornemann, 1891, a Cambrian trilobite] [incl. †Paranomys Ameghino, 1889; †Paranamys Kraglievich, 1934; †Drytomomys Anthomy, 1922] L.-U.Mioc. SA. | | `-- †O. aequatoralis | |-- †Simplimus Ameghino, 1904; L.-M.Mioc. SA. | |-- †Eusigmomys Ameghino, 1905 [†Sigmomys Ameghino, 1904 (non Sigmomys Thomas, 1901, a jr. synon. of Sigmodon Say & Ord, 1825 (Muroidea: Muridae: Sigmodontinae: Sigmodontini))] M.Mioc. SA | `-- †Potamarchus Burmeister, 1885 [incl.? Discolomys Ameghino, 1889] U.Mioc. SA. `--o Dinomyinae Peters, 1873 [taxonomic history] |?- †Diaphoromys [genus not recognized by McKenna & Bell, 1997] |-- †Telodontomys Kraglievich, 1934; U.Mioc. SA. `-- Dinomys branickii Peters, 1873; R. SA. (long-taild paca; false paca, pacarana; pakarana)
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