Cupidinimus Wood 1935 (rodent)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Synonym: Perognathoides Wood 1935

Full reference: A. E. Wood. 1935. Evolution and relationships of the heteromyid rodents with new forms from the Tertiary of western North America. Annals of the Carnegie Museum 24:73-262

Parent taxon: Heteromyidae according to A. E. Wood 1935

See also Barnosky 1986, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Whistler 1984

Sister taxa: Aurimys, Balantiomys, Chaetodipus, Dikkomys, Dipodomyinae, Dipodomys, Diprionomys, Eodipodomys, Harrymyinae, Harrymys, Heteromyinae, Lignimus, Liomys, Mioheteromys, Mookomys, Oregonomys, Peridiomys, Perodipus, Perognathinae, Perognathus, Prodipodomys, Proheteromys, Schizodontomys, Stratimus, Trogomys

Subtaxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis Cupidinimus bidahochiensis Cupidinimus boronensis Cupidinimus cuyamensis Cupidinimus halli Cupidinimus lindsayi Cupidinimus magnus Cupidinimus nebraskensis Cupidinimus prattensis Cupidinimus robinsoni Cupidinimus smaragdinus Cupidinimus tertius Cupidinimus whitlocki Perognathoides eurekensis Perognathoides kleinfelderi Perognathoides quartus

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Type: Cupidinimus nebraskensis

Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (2: California collections)

• Hemphillian of United States (7: Arizona, California, Nevada, Oregon, Texas)

• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (100: California, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)

Total: 111 collections including 139 occurrences

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