Synonym: Valerymys Michaux 1969
Parent taxon: Muridae according to A. van de Weerd 1976
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Mein et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Aethomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Arvicanthis, Bolomys, Castillomys, 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, 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: Occitanomys (Rhodomys) Occitanomys anomalus Occitanomys brailloni Occitanomys montheleni Occitanomys neutrum Occitanomys provocator
Type: Occitanomys brailloni
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of France (4 collections), Greece (13), Moldova (1), Spain (8), Turkey (2)
• MN 13 of Greece (1), Spain (2)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Greece (2)
• Miocene of France (5), Greece (8), Italy (9), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (36), Turkey (1)
Total: 93 collections including 101 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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