Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: G. G. Simpson. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85:1-350
Parent taxon: Microtinae according to L. D. Martin 1975
See also Simpson 1945
Sister taxa: Fiber, Microtoscoptini, Nebraskomys, Pliolemmus, Predicrostonyx, Proneofiber, Sycium
Subtaxa: Promimomys Propliophenacomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Tajikistan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Armenia (3), Greece (4), Hungary (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Moldova (1), Tajikistan (2), Türkiye (2)
• Turolian of Greece (1)
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Nebraska, Oregon)
• Miocene of Austria (1)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences