Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Synonyms: Epicricetodon Kretzoi 1941, Karstocricetus Kordos 1987, Kowalskia Fahlbusch 1969
Parent taxon: Cricetinae according to M. Freudenthal et al. 1998
See also Qiu and Storch 2000
Sister taxa: Apocricetus, Collimys, Cricetini, Cricetinus, Cricetulodon, Cricetulus, Democricetodon, Leidymini, Mesocricetus, Neacomys, Peromyscini, Phodopus, Rotundomys, Symmetrodontomys
Subtaxa: Kowalskia browni Kowalskia gansunica Kowalskia intermedia Kowalskia magna Kowalskia moldavica Kowalskia nestori Kowalskia similis Kowalskia yinanensis Kowalskia zhengi Neocricetodon ambarrensis Neocricetodon fahlbuschi Neocricetodon lavocati Neocricetodon occidentalis Neocricetodon polonicus Neocricetodon sesae Neocricetodon skofleki
Type: Kowalskia polonica
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of China (1 collection), Georgia (1)
• Pliocene of Austria (1), China (2), Germany (1), Greece (1), Moldova (1), Poland (1), Ukraine (1)
• MN 13 of France (1)
• Miocene of Austria (2), China (9), France (4), Greece (5), Hungary (1), Italy (8), Moldova (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (13)
Total: 56 collections including 63 occurrences
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