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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
OrdoTherapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Subordo: Cynodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohort: Theria
Cohort: Eutheria
Cohort: Placentalia
Cladus: Boreoeutheria
Superordo: Euarchontoglires
Ordo: Rodentia
Subordo: Myomorpha
Superfamilia: Muroidea

Familia: Cricetidae
Subfamilia: †Eumyinae
Genera (5): †Coloradoeumys – †Eoeumys – †Eumys – †Willeumys – †Wilsoneumys
Name

Eumyinae Simpson, 1945: 83

Type genys: Eumys Leidy, 1856.
Combinations

Eumyini Simpson, 1945: 83 [original combination, as tribe]
Eumyinae Stehlin & Schaub, 1951: 167,332 [name combination, as subfamily]

References
Primary references

Simpson, G.G. 1945. The principles of classification and a classification of mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 85: l-350.
Stehlin, H.G. & Schauh, S. 1951. Die Triconodontic der simplicidentaten Nager. Naturf. Ces. Schweiz. Palaeontol. Abh. 67: 1–385.

Additional references

Rosser, S.V. 1978. Investigation of the classification of the rodent genus Eumys from the Middle Oligocene of the Big Badlands of South Dakota using multivariate statistical analysis. Fieldiana Geology 39: 33–60.
Martin, L.D. 1980. The early evolution of the Cricetidae in North America. Paleontological Contributions 102: 1–42.
Wahlert, J.H. 2009. Skull and Dentition of Willeumys korthi, nov. gen. et sp., a Cricetid Rodent from the Oligocene (Orellan) of Wyoming. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 331: 434–450. DOI: 10.1206/582-12.1

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