Parent taxon: Muridae according to O. G. Bendukidze et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Abditomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Apomys, Arvicanthis, Bullimus, Castillomys, Castorina, Castromys, Centralomys, Chiropodomys, Colomys, Dasymys, Deomyinae, Echymina, Extrarius, Gerbillinae, Gerbua, Grammomys, Hapalomys, Huaxiamys, Huerzelerimys, Hydromina, Hyomys, Karnimata, Kritimys, Lemniscomys, Limnomys, Mastacomys, Micromys, Mikrotia, Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Mysops, Nesokia, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Praomys, Proceromys, Progonomys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tarsomys, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys
Subtaxa: Ayakozomys Eumysodon Tachyoryctoides
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of China (4 collections), Kazakhstan (1), Mongolia (12)
• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), Mongolia (2)
• Oligocene of China (4), Kazakhstan (7), Mongolia (19)
Total: 50 collections including 71 occurrences