Florentiamyidae

Florentiamyidae Temporal range: Early Oligocene–Middle Miocene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Suborder:	Castorimorpha
Superfamily:	Geomyoidea
Family:	†Florentiamyidae A.E. Wood, 1936
Genera
Ecclesimus Fanimus Florentiamys Hitonkala Kirkomys Sanctimus

Florentiamyidae is a family of extinct rodents from North America. They are part of the Superfamily Geomyoidea according to according to R. L. Carroll 1988. They are known to have existed 33.3 to 15.97 Ma. 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]

References

↑ "Fossilworks: Florentiamyidae". Retrieved 25 November 2014.

Prehistoric families in order Rodentia

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Eutheria Superorder: Euarchontoglires

Sciuromorpha	Allomyidae Mylagaulidae Reithroparamyidae

Castorimorpha	Eutypomyidae Rhizospalacidae Eomyidae Florentiamyidae Heliscomyidae

Myomorpha	Armintomyidae Anomalomyidae Simimyidae

Anomaluromorpha	Parapedetidae

Hystricomorpha	Tamquammyidae Gobiomyidae Yuomyidae Chapattimyidae Tsaganomyidae "Baluchimyinae" Bathyergoididae Myophiomyidae Diamantomyidae Phiomyidae Kenyamyidae Cephalomyidae Eocardiidae Neoepiblemidae Heptaxodontidae

incertae sedis	Eurymylidae Alagomyidae Archetypomyidae Cocomyidae Ivanantoniidae Laredomyidae Ischyromyidae Theridomyidae Protoptychidae Zegdoumyidae Sciuravidae Cylindrodontidae Zelomyidae

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