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Florentiamyidae ✝

Description

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.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3240704https://www.gbif.org/species/3240704
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)41644https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=41644
Rankfamily
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Florentiamyidae
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-PlacentaliaOwen 1837
-EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
-Glires
orderRodentia
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyFlorentiamyidaeWood 1936
Scientific NameFlorentiamyidae
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Florentiamyidaefamilybelongs to GeomyoideaimpliedCarroll, 1988
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)23
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 33.3 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance20.4 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Eutheria)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietherbivore (based on Rodentia)
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Carroll. 1988. Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florentiamyidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Ecclesimus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
433.9 Ma
Oligocene
33.9 Ma
Oligocene
Fanimus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
830.8 Ma
Oligocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
Florentiamys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1930.8 Ma
Oligocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
Floresomys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
150.3 Ma
Eocene
50.3 Ma
Eocene
Hitonkala
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1030.8 Ma
Oligocene
24.8 Ma
Oligocene
Jimomys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
746.2 Ma
Eocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Kirkomys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
833.3 Ma
Oligocene
30.8 Ma
Oligocene
Sanctimus
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1830.8 Ma
Oligocene
20.4 Ma
Miocene
Texomys
genus
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1224.8 Ma
Oligocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1936Florentiamyidae Wood
1988Florentiamyidae Carroll

References

Carroll R. L. (1988) , Vertebrate Paleontology and Evolution, 1-698
Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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