Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to B. Kurten and E. Anderson 1980
See also Hay 1902
Sister taxa: Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baranomyinae, Baranomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Cricetinae, Cricetodontinae, Cricetopinae, Democricetodontinae, Desmodillus, Dolomys, Ellobius, Eocricetodon, Eolagurus, Eucricetodontinae, Eumyarioninae, Eumysops, Ganocricetodon, Germanomys, Gnomomys, Guildayomys, Hesperomyini, Hibbardomys, Ischymomys, Kanisamys, Kislangia, Lagurodon, Lagurus, Lartetomys, Laugaritiomys, Leakeymys, Lemmiscus, Leukaristomys, Loupomys, Melissiodontinae, Microcricetus, Microtocricetus, Microtodon, Mictomys, Mirrabella, Myocricetodon, Nannocricetus, Neofiber, Neondatra, Neotominae, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paratarsomys, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliomys, Pliopotamys, Poamys, Primoprismus, Primus, Propliomys, Prosomys, Prospalax, Protatera, Prototomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Pseudocricetops, Pterospalax, Punomys, Raricricetodontinae, Rhinocricetus, Rhizospalax, Sigmodontinae, Sinocricetus, Stachomys, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys, Notocricetodon
Subtaxa: Fiber Microtini Microtoscoptini Nebraskomys Pliolemmus Predicrostonyx Proneofiber Sycium
Type: Microtus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (3: Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon collections), Germany (1), Ukraine (2), United States (8: Alaska, California, Iowa, Texas, Virginia)
• Blancan of United States (9: Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (1), Tajikistan (1)
• Pliocene of Armenia (3), Greece (4), Hungary (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Moldova (1), Tajikistan (2), Türkiye (2)
• Turolian of Greece (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (8: Nebraska, Oregon)
• Miocene of Austria (1), United States (3: Nebraska, Oregon, Wyoming)
Total: 52 collections including 56 occurrences