Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Arvicolinae according to T. Galewski et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Allophaiomys, Arvicolini, 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), the Czech Republic (5), France (8), Germany (13), 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), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (11), United States (48: California, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia)
• Pliocene of Greece (1), Hungary (3), Ukraine (1)
Total: 166 collections including 174 occurrences