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Cupidinimus magnus
Discussion
original description includes UCMP 12567 (left mandible with p4-m2) and UCMP 12568 (left dentary with p4) as co-types
Taxonomy
Diprionomys magnus was named by Kellogg (1910). Its type specimen is UCMP 12567, a mandible (left mandible with p4-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.
It was recombined as Cupidinimus magnus by Wood (1935), Wilson (1936), Wood (1936) and Wilson (1937); it was recombined as Dipodomys magnus by James (1963); it was recombined as Pliosaccomys magnus by Shotwell (1967).
It was recombined as Cupidinimus magnus by Wood (1935), Wilson (1936), Wood (1936) and Wilson (1937); it was recombined as Dipodomys magnus by James (1963); it was recombined as Pliosaccomys magnus by Shotwell (1967).
Synonymy list
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
†Cupidinimus magnus Kellogg 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available