Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: Méhely. 1914. A Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum Természetrajzi Osztályainak Folyóirata. Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 12
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Kurten and Anderson 1980
Sister taxa: Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, 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, Microtinae, Microtocricetus, Microtodon, Mictomys, Mirrabella, Myocricetodon, Nannocricetus, Neofiber, Neotominae, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paratarsomys, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliolemmus, 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: Pliomys hungaricus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Czechia (6), France (5), Germany (8), Greece (5), Hungary (11), Italy (17), Poland (1), Romania (14), Spain (12), the United Kingdom (7)
• Villafranchian of Greece (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of France (1), Hungary (2)
• Pliocene of Greece (2), Romania (1), the Russian Federation (1)
Total: 96 collections including 114 occurrences
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