Florentiamyidae

Florentiamyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America. They are part of the Superfamily Geomyoidea according to R. L. Carroll 1988. They are known to have existed 33.3 to 15.97 mya. They are known from the Miocene of United States, Harrisonian of United States, Arikareean of United States, and Oligocene of Canada. Four fossil specimens from the Arikareean were obtained at the John Day Fossil Beds in Oregon.[1]

Florentiamyidae
Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Middle Miocene
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Superfamily: Geomyoidea
Family: †Florentiamyidae
A.E. Wood, 1936
Genera

Ecclesimus
Fanimus
 Florentiamys
Hitonkala
Kirkomys
Sanctimus

References
  1. "Fossilworks: Florentiamyidae". Retrieved 25 November 2014.


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