Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Full reference: E.G. Kordikova and H. de Bruijn. 2001. Early Miocene rodents from the Aktau Mountains (South-Eastern Kazakhstan). Seckenbergiana lethaea 81(2):391-405
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to E.G. Kordikova and H. de Bruijn 2001
Sister taxa: 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, 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: Aktaumys dzhungaricus
Type: Aktaumys dzhungaricus
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Aktau I (Miocene of Kazakhstan)
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