Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Alternative spelling: Lemnina
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1825. An outline of an attempt at the disposition of Mammalia into Tribes and Families, with a list of genera apparently appertaining to each Tribe. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:337-344
Parent taxon: Arvicolinae according to T. Galewski et al. 2006
See also Gray 1825
Sister taxa: Allophaiomys, Arvicolini, Dicrostonychini, Dinaromys, Lasiopodomys, Mimomys, Myodini, Ondatrinae, Ondatrini, Orcemys, Phenacomyini, Praesynaptomys, Prolagurus, Prometheomyini, Synaptomyini
Subtaxa: Lemmus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belgium (1 collection), Canada (13: Alberta, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Yukon), Czechia (4), France (3), Germany (5), Greenland (1), Hungary (4), the Netherlands (1), Norway (2), Poland (1), Romania (3), the Russian Federation (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Alaska, Michigan)
• Villafranchian of Hungary (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1)
• Pliocene of Germany (1)
Total: 49 collections each including a single occurrence