Cupidinimus smaragdinus Korth 1996 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1996. Geomyoid rodents (Mammalia) from the Bijou Hills Local Fauna (Barstovian), South Dakota. Contributions to Geology, University of Wyoming 31(1):49-55

Belongs to Cupidinimus according to W. W. Korth 1996

Sister taxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis, Cupidinimus bidahochiensis, Cupidinimus boronensis, Cupidinimus cuyamensis, Cupidinimus halli, Cupidinimus lindsayi, Cupidinimus magnus, Cupidinimus nebraskensis, Cupidinimus prattensis, Cupidinimus robinsoni, Cupidinimus tertius, Cupidinimus whitlocki, Perognathoides quartus, Perognathoides eurekensis, Perognathoides kleinfelderi

Type specimen: Its type locality is South Bijou Hill, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial claystone in the Fort Randall Formation of South Dakota

Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser

Distribution: found only at South Bijou Hill

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