Diatomys

Diatomys
Temporal range: Early Miocene – Middle Miocene
Fossil specimen, Tianjin Natural History Museum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Diatomyidae
Genus: †Diatomys
Li, 1974
Type species
†Diatomys shantungensis
Li, 1974
Species
  • D. shantungensisLi, 1974
  • D. liensisMein & Ginsburg, 1985
  • D. chitaparwalensisFlynn, 2006

Diatomys is an extinct rodent genus known from Miocene deposits in China, Japan, Pakistan, and Thailand. The fossil range is from the late Early Miocene to the Middle Miocene (22.5–11 Ma).