Parent taxon: Muridae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
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, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Praomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Algeria (6 collections), Morocco (6), Tunisia (1)
• Pliocene of France (2), Morocco (1), Spain (5)
• MN 13 of Portugal (2), Spain (1)
• Miocene of Algeria (1), Greece (1), Italy (9), Morocco (1), Spain (8)
Total: 44 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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