Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combinations: Diprionomys tertius, Perognathoides tertius
Belongs to Cupidinimus according to W. W. Korth 1997
See also Barnosky 1986, Clark et al. 1964, Korth 1997 and Whistler 1984
Sister taxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis, Cupidinimus bidahochiensis, Cupidinimus boronensis, Cupidinimus cuyamensis, Cupidinimus halli, Cupidinimus lindsayi, Cupidinimus magnus, Cupidinimus nebraskensis, Cupidinimus prattensis, Cupidinimus robinsoni, Cupidinimus smaragdinus, Cupidinimus whitlocki, Perognathoides kleinfelderi, Perognathoides eurekensis, Perognathoides quartus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Fish Lake Valley, which is in a Clarendonian terrestrial horizon in the Esmeralda Formation of Nevada
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (5: California, Nebraska, Nevada collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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