Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2035
Reference for:
Petromuridae
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Petromuridae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
McKenna, Malcolm C., and Susan K. Bell
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1997-01-01 / 1997-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Classification of mammals above the species level
Page(s):
631
Publisher:
Columbia University Press
Publication Place:
New York, New York, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-231-11012-X/
Notes:
Reference for:
Petromuridae
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Woods, Charles A., and C. William Kilpatrick / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Infraorder Hystricognathi Brandt, 1855
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2
Page(s):
1538-1600
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Petromuridae
Petromuridae: Geographic Information
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Petromuridae: Comments
Comment:
Comments: Swanepoel et al. (1980:161) employed Petromuridae instead of Petromyidae for this family (see Petromus). The group had an elaborate Tertiary radiation composed of at least two subfamilies and seven known genera. The placement of this family along with the Thryonomyidae into the superfamily Thryonomuroidea is supported by many studies (Huchon and Douzery, 2001; Lavocat, 1973; Luckett and Harteberger, 1985b; Nedbal et al., 1994; Patterson and Wood, 1982; Sarich, 1985). The superfamily Thryono...
Comment:
Petromyidae Tullberg 1899 was based on an unavailable name (Petromys Smith 1834, an unjustified emendation of Petromus Smith 1831). Under ICZN (2000) Article 35.4.1, its spelling is to be corrected to correspond with the correctly-spelled genus, with no change to authorship. Since this is the oldest available family-group name, the corrected name is Petromuridae Tullberg 1899, as in McKenna & Bell 1997:194, contra authorship "Wood, 1955" applied by Woods & Kilpatrick (2005)