Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to R. A. Martin et al. 2023
See also de Bruijn et al. 2006, Maridet et al. 2011, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mein and Freudenthal 1971, Oliver and Peláez-Campomanes 2016 and Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005
Sister taxa: Abelmoschomys, Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Antecalomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baiomys, Baranomys, Basirepomys, Bensonomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Copemys, Cricetinae, Cricetopinae, Democricetodontinae, Desmodillus, Dolomys, Ellobius, Eocricetodon, Eoeumys, Eolagurus, Eucricetodontinae, Eumyarioninae, Eumys, Galushamys, Geringia, Germanomys, Gnomomys, Goniodontomys, Guildayomys, Hesperomyini, Hibbardomys, Hodomys, Ischymomys, Isthmomys, Jacobsomys, Kanisamys, Kislangia, Lagurodon, Lagurus, Lartetomys, Laugaritiomys, Leakeymys, Leidymys, Lemmiscus, Leukaristomys, Loupomys, Melissiodontinae, Microcricetus, Microtinae, Microtocricetus, Microtodon, Microtoscoptes, Mictomys, Mirrabella, Myocricetodon, Nannocricetus, Nelsonia, Neofiber, Neotoma, Neotominae, Neotomini, Ochrotomys, Ogmodontomys, Onychomys, Paciculus, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paramicrotoscoptes, Paratarsomys, Paronychomys, Peromyscus, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliolemmus, Pliomys, Pliotomodon, Poamys, Podomys, Postcopemys, Primoprismus, Primus, Promimomys, Propliomys, Prosomys, Prospalax, Protatera, Prototomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Pseudocricetops, Pseudomyscus, Pterospalax, Punomys, Raricricetodontinae, Reithrodontomys, Repomys, Rhinocricetus, Rhizospalax, Scottimus, Sigmodontinae, Sigmodontini, Sinocricetus, Stachomys, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Wilsoneumys, Yatkolamys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys
Subtaxa: Cricetodon Cricetodontini Deperetomys Fahlbuschiini Hispanomys Megacricetodon Megacricetodontini Mixocricetodon Plesiodipus Spanocricetodon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of France (2 collections), Spain (4)
• MN 13 of Portugal (1), Spain (2)
• Miocene of Austria (1), China (11), France (30), Germany (60), Greece (16), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Pakistan (8), Poland (1), Portugal (6), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia and Montenegro (3), Slovakia (2), Spain (66), Switzerland (40), Thailand (1), Turkey (24)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (2), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), China (2), Serbia and Montenegro (2), Switzerland (1), Turkey (2)
Total: 300 collections including 480 occurrences