Parent taxon: Muridae according to E. Martín Suárez and P. Mein 1991
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Aethomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Arvicanthis, Bolomys, Castorina, Castromys, Centralomys, Chiropodomys, Colomys, Dasymys, Deomyinae, Echymina, Extrarius, Gerbillinae, Gerbua, Grammomys, Hapalomys, Huaxiamys, Huerzelerimys, Hydromina, Hyomys, Karnimata, Kritimys, Lemniscomys, Mastacomys, Mastomys, Micromys, Mikrotia, Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Mysops, Nesokia, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Praomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys
Subtaxa: Castillomys crusafonti Castillomys gracilis Castillomys margaritae Castillomys rivas
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of France (1 collection), Spain (10)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)
• Pliocene of France (5), Spain (25)
• MN 13 of Greece (1), Portugal (1)
• Miocene of Spain (2)
Total: 46 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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