Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to R. A. Martin et al. 2023
See also Hay 1902, Martin and Zakrzewski 2019 and Steppan et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baranomyinae, Baranomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Cricetinae, Cricetodontinae, Cricetopinae, Democricetodontinae, Desmodillus, Dolomys, Ellobius, Eocricetodon, Eolagurus, Eucricetodontinae, Eumyarioninae, Eumysops, Ganocricetodon, Germanomys, Gnomomys, Guildayomys, Hesperomyini, Hibbardomys, Ischymomys, Kanisamys, Kislangia, Lagurodon, Lagurus, Lartetomys, Laugaritiomys, Leakeymys, Lemmiscus, Leukaristomys, Loupomys, Melissiodontinae, Microcricetus, Microtinae, Microtocricetus, Microtodon, Mictomys, Mirrabella, Myocricetodon, Nannocricetus, Neofiber, Neondatra, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paratarsomys, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliomys, Pliopotamys, Poamys, Primoprismus, Primus, Propliomys, Prosomys, Prospalax, Protatera, Prototomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Pseudocricetops, Pterospalax, Punomys, Raricricetodontinae, Rhinocricetus, Rhizospalax, Sigmodontinae, Sinocricetus, Stachomys, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys, Notocricetodon
Subtaxa: Abelmoschomys Antecalomys Baiomyini Basirepomys Bensonomys Copemys Neotomini Ochrotomyini Onychomyini Paronychomys Peromyscini Postcopemys Pseudomyscus Reithrodontomyini Tregomys
Type: Neotoma
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Quebec collections), Mexico (13), United States (323: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming)
• Blancan of Mexico (5), United States (150: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Washington)
• Pliocene of Poland (1), United States (3: California, Idaho, Louisiana)
• Hemphillian of Mexico (4), United States (56: Arizona, California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Washington)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Germany (1)
• Miocene of Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatchewan), China (9), France (21), Germany (43), Greece (7), Hungary (2), India (1), Mongolia (2), Pakistan (17), Poland (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (5), Slovakia (2), South Korea (1), Spain (17), Switzerland (27), Thailand (1), Türkiye (7), United States (112: Arizona, California, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 843 collections including 1457 occurrences