Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Parent taxon: Cricetidae according to S. J. Steppan et al. 2004
See also Baskin 1978, de Bruijn et al. 1970, Hay 1902, Kurten and Anderson 1980, Lindsay et al. 2016, Maridet et al. 2011 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Abelmoschomys, Aktaumys, Allocricetus, Allospalax, Alticola, Anatolomys, Andinomys, Antecalomys, Aralocricetodon, Aratomys, Argyromys, Arvicolinae, Baiomys, Baranomys, Basirepomys, Bensonomys, Blancomys, Chardinomys, Chinchillula, Cimarronomys, Copemys, 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, Leidymys, 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: Apocricetus Collimys Cricetini Cricetinus Cricetulodon Cricetulus Democricetodon Leidymini Mesocricetus Neacomys Neocricetodon Peromyscini Phodopus Rotundomys Symmetrodontomys
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Austria (1 collection), Belgium (1), Brazil (1), China (3), the Czech Republic (3), France (5), Georgia (1), Germany (10), Greece (12), Hungary (21), Israel (6), Italy (11), Kazakhstan (1), Mexico (1), Poland (1), Romania (14), the Russian Federation (2), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (3), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (2)
• Blancan of United States (8: California, Kansas, Texas)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Hungary (2)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), China (3), France (9), Germany (1), Greece (1), Hungary (2), Kazakhstan (2), Moldova (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (2), Spain (6), Turkey (2), Ukraine (2)
• MN 13 of France (1), Greece (1), Portugal (1), Spain (2)
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Arizona, California, Indiana)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Germany (1), Greece (3)
• Miocene of Austria (2), China (15), France (28), Germany (43), Greece (17), Hungary (2), India (1), Italy (10), Moldova (2), Mongolia (2), Pakistan (16), Poland (2), Romania (2), the Russian Federation (2), Serbia and Montenegro (4), Slovakia (2), South Korea (1), Spain (45), Switzerland (27), Thailand (1), Turkey (7), United States (2: Nevada, Wyoming)
• Oligocene to Miocene of China (1), Pakistan (1)
Total: 396 collections including 536 occurrences