Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combination: Cupidinimus eurekensis
Full reference: E. H. Lindsay. 1972. Small mammal fossils from the Barstow Formation, California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 93:1-104
Belongs to Perognathoides according to E. H. Lindsay 1972
See also Sutton and Korth 1995 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 tertius, Cupidinimus whitlocki, Perognathoides kleinfelderi, Perognathoides quartus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Eureka, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California, Montana collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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