Mimomys fossil map
Where fossils of Mimomys have been found, shown on the Earth as it looked about 5 million years ago and on today’s map.
Dots are fossil collections recorded in the Paleobiology Database. The “then” view moves today’s fossil sites back to their positions 5 million years ago (the time slice nearest the median age of the fossils) using the Merdith et al. (2021) plate model; positions are approximate. Open on the timeline map →
| Group | Early mammals |
|---|---|
| Lived | 23.04 million years ago to the present (Aquitanian to Holocene) |
| Periods | Neogene, Quaternary |
| Family | Cricetidae |
| Named by | Forsyth-Major 1902 |
| Fossil records | 854 occurrences at 172 locations (PBDB) |
| Found in | Hungary, Spain, Romania, Greece, Italy, United States, China, France, Germany, Russia … |
| Rock formations | txn:41724, Khapry, Glenns Ferry, Choremi, Alfambra, Porsuk |
About Mimomys
Mimomys is an extinct genus of voles that lived in Eurasia and North America during the Plio-Pleistocene. It is believed that one of the many species belonging to this genus gave rise to the modern water voles (Arvicola). Several other prehistoric genera of vole are probably synonymous with Mimomys, including the North American Cosomys and Ophiomys.
Several species are known to have survived into the Late Pleistocene, including M. pyrenaicus of France and M. chandolensis of the Russian Far East, which may have survived as recently as 50,000 BP.
Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Mimomys (revision 1358259389), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0; introduction excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Ages, family, authority and fossil records: Paleobiology Database, accessed 23 October 2026. Ages are those of the rock layers the fossils were found in. Wikidata: Q13390753.
