Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combination: Perognathoides kleinfelderi
Full reference: J. E. Storer. 1970. New rodents and lagomorphs from the upper Miocene Wood Mountain Formation of southern Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 7:1125-1129
Belongs to Cupidinimus according to W. W. Korth 1998
See also Korth 1996, Storer 1970 and Whistler 1984
Sister taxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis, Cupidinimus bidahochiensis, Cupidinimus boronensis, Cupidinimus halli, Cupidinimus lindsayi, Cupidinimus madisonensis, Cupidinimus nebraskensis, Cupidinimus prattensis, Cupidinimus robinsoni, Cupidinimus smaragdinus, Cupidinimus whitlocki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kleinfelder Farm, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Wood Mountain Formation of Canada
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of Canada (1: Saskatchewan collection), United States (1: New Mexico)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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