Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to Baird 1858
See also Eshelman et al. 2025, Kurten and Anderson 1980, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Seymour 2004
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, Microtinae, 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, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys, Notocricetodon
Subtaxa: Synaptomys (Metaxyomys) Synaptomys (Synaptomys) Synaptomys australis Synaptomys bunkeri Synaptomys cooperi Synaptomys morgani
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (67: Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, West Virginia)
• MN 16 of Poland (2)
• Blancan of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 71 collections including 75 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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