Subfamily Mystromyinae (mouse)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Nesomyidae
Parent taxon: Nesomyidae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Cricetomyinae, Dendromurinae, Macrotarsomys, Nesomyinae, Petromyscinae
Subtaxa: Mystromys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of South Africa (7 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of South Africa (2)
• Pliocene of South Africa (4)
• Miocene to Pliocene of South Africa (1)
Total: 14 collections including 21 occurrences