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
Belongs to Florentiamys according to J. R. Macdonald 1963
Sister taxa: Florentiamys kingi, Florentiamys kinseyi, Florentiamys loomisi, Florentiamys tiptoni
Type specimen: SDSM 55120, a mandible (fragment of left ramus, with broken incisor, slightly worn p4-m1, and the alveoli for m2). Its type locality is Sharps (SDSM V-5360), which is in a Geringian terrestrial horizon in the Sharps Formation of South Dakota.
Ecology: ground dwelling herbivore
Distribution: found only at Sharps (SDSM V-5360)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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