Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
Alternative combination: Sanctimus tiptoni
Synonym: Florentiamys kennethi Wahlert 1983
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1970. Review of the Miocene Wounded Knee faunas of southwestern South Dakota. Bulletin of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Science 8:165-82
Belongs to Florentiamys according to W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte 2007
See also Korth 1992, Macdonald 1970, Storer 2002 and Wahlert 1983
Sister taxa: Florentiamys agnewi, Florentiamys kingi, Florentiamys kinseyi, Florentiamys loomisi
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Arikareean of United States (4: Wyoming collections)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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