Pseudictopidae

Pseudictopidae Temporal range: Paleocene–Eocene, 61.7–48.6 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Anagaloidea
Family:	†Pseudictopidae Sulimski, 1969
Type genus
†Pseudictops Matthew, Granger & Simpson, 1929
Genera
†Allictops †Anictops †Cartictops †Haltictops †Paranictops †Pseudictops †Suyinia

Pseudictopidae is an extinct family of mammals closely related to rodents and lagomorphs. Members of the family are known from Paleocene to Eocene deposits in China and Mongolia.^[1]

Taxonomic history

The family Pseudictopidae was erected in 1969 by Andrez Sulimsky as a monotypic family, with Pseudictops as the type and only genus, though later authors would assign more genera to the family. Sulimsky tentatively assigned Pseudictopidae to Eutheria incertae sedis, believing that it and Anagalidae were representatives of an unknown order.^[2] In 1971, Szalay and McKenna erected the order Anagalida, to which Pseudictopidae was assigned.^[3]

References

1. Carroll, Robert L. (1988). Vertebrate paleontology and evolution. Internet Archive. New York, N.Y. : Freeman. ISBN 978-0-7167-1822-2.
2. Sulimski, Andrzej (1969). "Paleocene genus 'Pseudictops' Matthew, Granger and Simpson 1929 (Mammalia) and its revision" (PDF). Palaeontologia Polonica: 101–129.
3. Szalay, Frederick; McKenna, Malcolm (June 1971). "Beginning of the Age of Mammals in Asia: the Late Paleocene Gashato fauna, Mongolia". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 144 (4): 269–318.