Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synonym: Cotimus Black 1961
Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1936. The cricetid rodents described by Leidy and Cope from the Tertiary of North America. American Museum Novitates 822
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to M. C. McKenna and S. K. Bell 1997
See also Alker 1969, Black 1961, Clark et al. 1964, Engesser 1979, Korth 2014, Lofgren et al. 2020, Martin 1980, Nichols 1976 and Wood 1936
Sister taxa: Abelmoschomys, Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Antecalomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baiomys, Baranomys, Basirepomys, Bensonomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Copemys, Cricetinae, Cricetodontinae, Cricetopinae, Democricetodontinae, Desmodillus, Dolomys, Ellobius, Eocricetodon, Eoeumys, Eolagurus, Eucricetodontinae, Eumyarioninae, Eumys, Galushamys, Geringia, Germanomys, Gnomomys, Goniodontomys, Guildayomys, Hesperomyini, Hibbardomys, Hodomys, Ischymomys, Isthmomys, Jacobsomys, Kanisamys, Kislangia, Lagurodon, Lagurus, Lartetomys, Laugaritiomys, Leakeymys, Lemmiscus, Leukaristomys, Loupomys, Melissiodontinae, Microcricetus, Microtinae, Microtocricetus, Microtodon, Microtoscoptes, Mictomys, Mirrabella, Myocricetodon, Nannocricetus, Nelsonia, Neofiber, Neotoma, Neotominae, Neotomini, Ochrotomys, Ogmodontomys, Onychomys, Paciculus, Palasiomys, Pappocricetodontinae, Paracricetodontinae, Paracricetulus, Paramicrotoscoptes, Paratarsomys, Paronychomys, Peromyscus, Plesiocricetodon, Plioctomys, Pliolemmus, Pliomys, Pliotomodon, Poamys, Podomys, Postcopemys, Primoprismus, Primus, Promimomys, Propliomys, Prosomys, Prospalax, Protatera, Prototomys, Pseudocricetodontinae, Pseudocricetops, Pseudomyscus, Pterospalax, Punomys, Raricricetodontinae, Reithrodontomys, Repomys, Rhinocricetus, Rhizospalax, Scottimus, Sigmodontinae, Sigmodontini, Sinocricetus, Stachomys, Synaptomys, Trilophomys, Tylomyinae, Ungaromys, Vallaris, Willeumys, Wilsoneumys, Yatkolamys, Zhungaromys, Zramys, Zygodontomys
Subtaxa: Leidymys alicae Leidymys azybaevi Leidymys blacki Leidymys cerasus Leidymys juxtaparvulus Leidymys korthi Leidymys lockingtonianus Leidymys nematodon
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), Germany (6), Switzerland (1), United States (8: California, South Dakota)
• Harrisonian of United States (6: California, Nebraska)
• Arikareean of United States (25: California, Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (19: Florida, Montana, Nebraska, Oregon, South Dakota)
Total: 67 collections including 71 occurrences
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