Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae

Alternative combinations: Cricetulus lavocati, Kowalskia lavocati

Belongs to Neocricetodon according to M. Freudenthal et al. 1998

Sister taxa: Neocricetodon ambarrensis, Neocricetodon fahlbuschi, Neocricetodon grangeri, Neocricetodon occidentalis, Neocricetodon polonicus, Neocricetodon sesae, Neocricetodon skofleki, Kowalskia zhengi, Kowalskia similis, Kowalskia gansunica, Kowalskia yinanensis, Kowalskia magna, Kowalskia intermedia, Kowalskia nestori, Kowalskia browni, Kowalskia moldavica

Type specimen: FSL 65212, a tooth (M3 sup. sin.). Its type locality is Lissieu (Miocene micromammals), which is in a MN 13 terrestrial horizon in France.

Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore