Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to R. A. Martin et al. 2023
See also de Bruijn et al. 2006, Lindsay 2008, Maridet et al. 2011, McKenna and Bell 1997, Mein and Freudenthal 1971, Oliver and Peláez-Campomanes 2016 and Vasileiadou and Koufos 2005
Sister taxa: Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baranomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Cricetinae, 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, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys, Notocricetodon
Subtaxa: Cricetodon Cricetodontini Deperetomys Fahlbuschiini Hispanomys Megacricetodon Mixocricetodon Plesiodipus Pliotomodon Spanocricetodon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• MN 16 of France (1 collection)
• Pliocene of France (1), Spain (4)
• MN 13 of Spain (2)
• Turolian of Greece (2), Spain (18)
• Hemphillian of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of Austria (1), China (15), France (30), Germany (59), Greece (14), Hungary (2), Italy (2), Morocco (1), Pakistan (8), Poland (1), Portugal (7), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (1), Serbia (4), Slovakia (2), Spain (48), Switzerland (40), Thailand (1), Türkiye (24)
• Arikareean of United States (2: Oregon)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Pakistan (2), Türkiye (1)
• Oligocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), China (2), Germany (2), Serbia (2), Switzerland (1), Türkiye (2)
Total: 308 collections including 489 occurrences