Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synonym: Cseria
Parent taxon: Arvicolidae according to A. A. Krukover and V. P. Chekha 1999
See also Alroy 2002, Kurten and Anderson 1980 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Allophaiomys, Arvicolini, Atopomys, Dicrostonychini, Dinaromys, Lasiopodomys, Lemmini, Myodini, Ondatrinae, Ondatrini, Orcemys, Phenacomyini, Pliophenacomys, Praesynaptomys, Prolagurus, Prometheomyini, Synaptomyini
Subtaxa: Mimomys (Cosomys) Mimomys (Cromeromys) Mimomys (Ogmodontomys) Mimomys (Ophiomys) Mimomys davakosi Mimomys meadensis Mimomys occitanus Mimomys panacaensis Mimomys pliocaenicus Mimomys sawrockensis Mimomys taylori Mimomys virginianus
Type: Arvicola pliocaenicus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Canada (1: Yukon collection), China (1), Croatia (1), Czechia (6), France (7), Georgia (2), Germany (8), Greece (17), Hungary (18), Italy (14), the Netherlands (2), Poland (2), Portugal (1), Romania (16), the Russian Federation (3), Spain (12), Türkiye (4), Ukraine (4), the United Kingdom (9), United States (13: California, Colorado, Nevada, South Dakota, Utah, West Virginia)
• MN 16 of Austria (1), France (1), Italy (2), Poland (2)
• Villafranchian of China (14), Greece (6), Hungary (8), Italy (2), Slovakia (2), Spain (9)
• Blancan of United States (84: Arizona, California, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, Nevada, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Wyoming)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Hungary (4), Italy (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2)
• Pliocene of Armenia (5), Austria (1), China (4), France (4), Germany (4), Greece (10), Hungary (1), Kazakhstan (4), Romania (14), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (20), Türkiye (6), Ukraine (1), United States (9: Idaho)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Indiana)
• Miocene to Pleistocene of Spain (1)
Total: 370 collections including 507 occurrences
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