Prodistylomys Wang and Qi, 1989

Bi, Shundong, Meng, Jin, Wu, Wenyu, Ye, Jie & Ni, Xijun, 2009, New Distylomyid Rodents (Mammalia: Rodentia) from the Early Miocene Suosuoquan Formation of Northern Xinjiang, China, American Museum Novitates 3663, pp. 1-20 : 11

Prodistylomys Wang and Qi, 1989

TYPE SPECIES: Prodistylomys xinjiangensis Wang and Qi, 1989 .

INCLUDED SPECIES: Prodistylomys lii , n. sp.; P. wangae , n. sp.

GEOLOGICAL RANGE: Early Miocene.

GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION: Xinjiang, China

EMENDED DIAGNOSIS: M3 bilophodont without the mure and asymmetrical with the corresponding lower molar, as in Distylomys . Differs from Distylomys in having rooted, hypsodont cheek teeth, M3 trigon semilunar shaped in outline, p4 with shorter trigonid, m1–2 with short trigonid and narrower talonid than the trigonid, thinner cement in hypoflexid and mesoflexid in lower molars.