Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative spelling: Cupidinomys
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 J. A. Shotwell and D. E. Russell 1963
See also McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wood 1935
Sister taxa: Aurimys, Chaetodipus, Dikkomys, Dipodomyinae, Eodipodomys, Harrymyinae, Heteromyinae, Korthomys, Mioheteromyinae, Oregonomys, Paratrogomys, Perodipus, Perognathinae, Prodipodomys, Stratimus
Subtaxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis Cupidinimus bidahochiensis Cupidinimus boronensis Cupidinimus halli Cupidinimus kleinfelderi Cupidinimus lindsayi Cupidinimus madisonensis Cupidinimus nebraskensis Cupidinimus prattensis Cupidinimus robinsoni Cupidinimus smaragdinus Cupidinimus whitlocki
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: California collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (4: Arizona, California, Texas)
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan), United States (95: California, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)
• Harrisonian of United States (1: Nebraska)
Total: 103 collections including 123 occurrences
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