IRMNG taxon details
original description
Gill, T. (1872). Arrangement of the families of mammals. With analytical tables. Prepared for the Smithsonian institution. <em>Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections.</em> 11(230): 1- 98., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14512573 [details]
basis of record
Senut, B.; Pickford, M. (2021). Micro-cursorial mammals from the late Eocene tufas at Eocliff, Namibia. <em>Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia.</em> 23: 90-160., available online at https://mme.gov.na/files/publications/fda_Senut_Pickford%202021_mammals%20Eocliff.pdf note: family reinstated, refer note [details]
additional source
McKenna, M. C.; Bell, S. K. (1997). Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press, New York, 631 pp. note: as subfamily (Rhynchocyoninae) [details]
current name source
Senut, B.; Pickford, M. (2021). Micro-cursorial mammals from the late Eocene tufas at Eocliff, Namibia. <em>Communications of the Geological Survey of Namibia.</em> 23: 90-160., available online at https://mme.gov.na/files/publications/fda_Senut_Pickford%202021_mammals%20Eocliff.pdf [details]
Unreviewed
Taxonomic remark Treated as subfamily in McKenna & Bell, 1997, also (by inference i.e. not separately mentioned) in Ruggiero, 2014, Families of All Living Organisms, Version 2.0.a.15; reinstated as family in Senut & Pickford, 2021, for Rhynchocyon plus 4 other fossil genera. [details]
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