After McKenna & Bell, 1997

<==o †Cricetodontinae Schaub, 1925 [taxonomic history]
   |?- †Tsaganocricetus Topachevsky & Skorik, 1988; L.Mioc. As.
   |?- †Aralocricetodon Bendukidze, 1993; L.Mioc. As.
   |-- †Megacricetodontini Mein & Freudenthal, 1971 [taxonomic history]
   `--+-- †Cricetodontini Schaub, 1925 [taxonomic history]
      `--o †Copemyini Jacobs & Lindsay, 1984 [taxonomic history]
         |-- †Shamalina Whybrow, Collinson, Daams, Gentry & McClure, 1982; L.Mioc. SWAs.
         |-- †Primus de Bruijn, Hussain & 1981; L.-?M.Mioc. SAs.
         |--o †Democricetodon Fahlbusch, 1964 [†Spanocricetodon Li, 1977] L.-M.Mioc. Eu. M.Mioc. As., Af. 
         |  `-- †D. brevis (Schaup, 1935)
         |--o †Copemys A.E. Wood, 1936 [incl. †Miochomys Hoffmeister, 1959; †Tregomys R.L. Wilson, 1968; †Gnomomys R.L. Wilson, 1968] M.-U.Mioc. NA.
         |  |-- †C. barstowensis
         |  |-- †C. esmeraldensis
         |  |-- †C. mariae
         |  |-- †C. dentalis
         |  |-- †C. lindsayi
         |  |-- †C. loxodon
         |  |-- †C. niobrariensis
         |  |--+-- †C. pagei
         |  |  `-- †C. longidens
         |  `--+-- †C. tenuis
         |     `-- †C. russelli
         |--o †Karydomys Theocharopoulos, 2000; L.-M.Mioc. Eu. CAs.
         |  |-- †K. dzerzhinskii Kordikova & de Bruijn, 2001
         |  `--+-- †K. zapfei (Mein & Freudenthal, 1971) [Lartetomys zapfei Mein & Freudenthal, 1971]
         |     `--+-- †K. wigharti Mörs & Kalthoff, 2004
         |        |-- †K. symeonidisi Theocharopoulos, 2000
         |        `-- †K. boskosi Theocharopoulos, 2000
         |-- †Poamys Matthew, 1924; U.Mioc. NA.
         `-- †Abelmoschomys simpsoni Baskin, 1986; U.Mioc. NA. [a sister group of Calomys? (Muridae: Sigmodontinae: Phyllotini)]

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