Family Bathyergidae Waterhouse 1841 (mole rat)
PaleoDB taxon number: 41999
Parent taxon: Phiomorpha according to D. Huchon and E. J. P. Douzery 2001
Sister taxa: Birkamys, Mubhammys, Phiomyidae, Turkanamys
Subtaxa: Bathyergoides, Bathyergus, Cryptomys, Cyclomylus, Geofossor, Georychus, Gypsorhynchus, Heliophobius, Heterocephalus, Paracryptomys, Proheliophobius, Tsaganomyinae
Type: Bathyergus
Ecology: fossorial herbivore