Subfamily Platacanthomyinae Alston 1876 (mouse)
Alternative spelling: Platacanthomyidae
Parent taxon: Muroidea according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Mein and Freudenthal 1971
Sister taxa: Cricetopsinae, Eucricetodontidae, Eumuroida, Heterocricetodontidae, Lophiomyinae, Myospalacinae, Pseudocricetodontidae, Spalacidae
Subtaxa: Neocometes Platacanthomys Typhlomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (3 collections)
• Miocene of China (11), France (1), Germany (4), Poland (2), Slovakia (1), South Korea (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (4), Thailand (1)
Total: 29 collections including 45 occurrences