Mammalia - Rodentia - Dipodidae
Parent taxon: Dipodoidea according to C. Montgelard et al. 2002
See also Carroll 1988, Flower 1883, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Gadow 1898, Hay 1902, Nowak 1991, Nowak 1999 and Wood 1958
Sister taxa: Simimyidae, Sminthidae, Zapodidae
Subtaxa: Allactaga Allosminthus Bohlinosminthus Brachyscirtetes Dipus Heosminthus Jaculus Litodonomys Lophocricetinae Lophocricetus Onjosminthus Paralactaga Parasminthus Proalactaga Protalactaga Pygeretmus Salpingotus Sinosminthus Sinozapus Sminthoides Stylodipus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Ethiopia (3), Greece (2), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (1), Kenya (1), Mongolia (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Tanzania (1), Turkey (1), Ukraine (1)
• Pliocene of China (10), Mongolia (1), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1), Ukraine (1)
• Miocene of China (14), Kazakhstan (2), Libya (1), Mongolia (15), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (1), Saudi Arabia (2), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), Mongolia (3), Turkey (1)
• Oligocene of China (20), the Czech Republic (1), Kazakhstan (2), Mongolia (67), Pakistan (1), Serbia and Montenegro (5), Turkey (2)
• Eocene to Oligocene of Turkey (1)
• Eocene of China (5), Kazakhstan (1)
Total: 176 collections including 395 occurrences