Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
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 Sanctimus according to W. W. Korth and C. Branciforte 2007
See also Macdonald 1970
Sister taxa: Sanctimus falkenbachi, Sanctimus simonisi, Sanctimus stouti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5354), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (2: Nebraska collections)
• Arikareean of United States (3: Nebraska)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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