Parent taxon: Muridae according to P. Mein et al. 1993
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Abditomys, Afrocricetodontinae, Allorattus, Anthracomys, Apodemus, Apomys, Arvicanthis, Bullimus, Castillomys, Castorina, Castromys, Centralomys, Chiropodomys, Colomys, Dasymys, Deomyinae, Echymina, Extrarius, Gerbillinae, Gerbua, Grammomys, Hapalomys, Huaxiamys, Huerzelerimys, Hydromina, Hyomys, Karnimata, Kritimys, Lemniscomys, Limnomys, Mastacomys, Micromys, Mikrotia, Murina, Murinae, Myocricetodontinae, Myotomys, Mysops, Nesokia, Occitanomys, Orientalomys, Papagomys, Paraethomys, Parapelomys, Parapodemus, Parotomys, Pelomys, Praomys, Proceromys, Rhabdomys, Rhagamys, Rhagapodemus, Rhagomys, Saccostomus, Saidomys, Spalacinae, Steatomys, Stephanomys, Tachyoryctoidinae, Tarsomys, Thallomys, Thamnomys, Valerimys, Zelotomys
Subtaxa: Progonomys cathalai Progonomys hispanicus Progonomys orientalis Progonomys woelferi
Type: Progonomys cathalai
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (3 collections), Austria (2), China (5), France (3), Greece (6), India (1), Libya (2), Morocco (1), Spain (9), Türkiye (1)
Total: 33 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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