Rhizospalax
| Rhizospalax Fossil range: Late Oligocene |
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Rhizospalax is a genus of extinct rodent from Europe thought to be distantly related to modern beavers. It is the only member of the family Rhizospalacidae.
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Sciuromorpha: †Allomyidae | Aplodontiidae | †Mylagaulidae | †Reithroparamyidae | Sciuridae | Gliridae |
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Castorimorpha: †Eutypomyidae | Castoridae | †Rhizospalacidae | †Eomyidae | †Florentiamyidae | †Heliscomyidae | †Mojavemyidae | Heteromyidae | Geomyidae |
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Myomorpha: †Armintomidae | Dipodidae | †Anomalomyidae | †Simimyidae | Platacanthomyidae | Spalacidae | Calomyscidae | Nesomyidae | Cricetidae | Muridae |
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Anomaluromorpha: Anomaluridae | †Parapedetidae | Pedetidae |
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Hystricomorpha: †Tamquammyidae | †Gobiomyidae | Ctenodactylidae | Diatomyidae | †Yuomyidae | †Chapattimyidae |
†Tsaganomyidae | †"Baluchimyinae" | †Bathyergoididae | Bathyergidae | |
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Prehistoric rodents (incertae sedis): †Eurymylidae | †Cocomyidae | †Alagomyidae | †Archetypomyidae | †Ivanantoniidae | †Laredomyidae | †Ischyromyidae | †Theridomyidae | †Protoptychidae | †Zegdoumyidae | †Sciuravidae | †Cylindrodontidae | †Zelomyidae |
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† indicates extinct taxa |
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