Mammalia - Rodentia - Florentiamyidae
Full reference: J. R. Macdonald. 1963. The Miocene faunas from the Wounded Knee area of western South Dakota. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 125(3):139-238
Parent taxon: Florentiamyidae according to J. R. Macdonald 1963
See also McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Ecclesimus, Fanimus, Florentiamys, Kirkomys, Sanctimus
Subtaxa: Hitonkala andersontau Hitonkala macdonaldtau
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution:
• Harrisonian of United States (4: Nebraska collections)
• Arikareean of United States (2: South Dakota)
• Oligocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (3: Nebraska, South Dakota)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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