Alternative spelling: Saniva
Synonym: Thinosaurus Marsh 1872
Full reference: J. Leidy. 1870. [Descriptions of Emys jaenesi, E. haydeni, Baena arenosa, and Saniwa ensidens]. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 1870:123-124
Parent taxon: Saniwinae according to O. Rieppel and L. Grande 2007
See also Alifanov 1993, Brattstrom 1955, Carroll 1988, Clos 1995, Cope 1873, Estes 1983, Gilmore 1922, Gilmore 1943, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Hecht 1959, Hou 1974, Hou 1976, Leidy 1873, McDowell and Bogert 1954, Nopcsa 1928, Smith 2006, Smith et al. 2018, Stritzke 1983 and Zittel 1890
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Saniwa edura Saniwa ensidens Saniwa orsmaelensis
Type: Saniwa ensidens
Ecology: carnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Nebraska collection)
• Eocene to Miocene of France (1)
• Eocene of Belgium (1), France (8), Kyrgyzstan (1), Mexico (1), United States (50: California, Colorado, New Mexico, North Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Wyoming)
Total: 64 collections including 70 occurrences
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