Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combination: Perognathoides bidahochiensis
Full reference: J. A. Baskin. 1979. Small Mammals of the Hemphillian Age White Cone Local Fauna, Northeastern Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 53(3):695-708
Belongs to Cupidinimus according to A. D. Barnosky 1986
See also Baskin 1979
Sister taxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis, Cupidinimus boronensis, Cupidinimus cuyamensis, Cupidinimus halli, Cupidinimus lindsayi, Cupidinimus magnus, Cupidinimus nebraskensis, Cupidinimus prattensis, Cupidinimus robinsoni, Cupidinimus smaragdinus, Cupidinimus tertius, Cupidinimus whitlocki, Perognathoides kleinfelderi, Perognathoides eurekensis, Perognathoides quartus
Type specimen: Its type locality is White Cone, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Bidahochi Formation of Arizona
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: California collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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