Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combination: Perognathoides bidahochiensis
Full reference: J. A. Baskin. 1979. Small Mammals of the Hemphillian Age White Cone Local Fauna, Northeastern Arizona. Journal of Paleontology 53(3):695-708
Belongs to Cupidinimus according to A. D. Barnosky 1986
See also Baskin 1979
Sister taxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis, Cupidinimus boronensis, Cupidinimus halli, Cupidinimus kleinfelderi, Cupidinimus lindsayi, Cupidinimus madisonensis, Cupidinimus nebraskensis, Cupidinimus prattensis, Cupidinimus robinsoni, Cupidinimus smaragdinus, Cupidinimus whitlocki
Type specimen: Its type locality is White Cone, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Bidahochi Formation of Arizona
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Blancan of United States (2: California collections)
• Hemphillian of United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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