Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Arvicolinae according to T. Galewski et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Allophaiomys, Arvicolini, Atopomys, Dicrostonychini, Dinaromys, Lasiopodomys, Lemmini, Mimomys, Ondatrinae, Ondatrini, Orcemys, Phenacomyini, Praesynaptomys, Prolagurus, Prometheomyini, Synaptomyini
Subtaxa: Eothenomys Myodes
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Canada (4: Alberta, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Yukon), China (3), Czechia (5), France (8), Germany (14), Greece (3), Hungary (16), Italy (19), Japan (3), Kazakhstan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), the Netherlands (1), Poland (1), Romania (16), the Russian Federation (2), Tajikistan (2), Türkiye (2), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (49: California, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Villafranchian of Hungary (3)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Ukraine (1)
Total: 169 collections including 177 occurrences