Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: A. D. Barnosky. 1986. New Species of the Miocene Rodent Cupidinimus (Heteromyidae) and Some Evolutionary Relationships within the Genus. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 6(1):46-64
Belongs to Cupidinimus according to W. W. Korth and D. G. Kron 2020
See also Barnosky 1986
Sister taxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis, Cupidinimus bidahochiensis, Cupidinimus boronensis, Cupidinimus cuyamensis, Cupidinimus halli, Cupidinimus magnus, Cupidinimus nebraskensis, Cupidinimus prattensis, Cupidinimus robinsoni, Cupidinimus smaragdinus, Cupidinimus whitlocki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Steepside Quarry, which is in a Barstovian terrestrial horizon in the Barstow Formation of California
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (1: California collection)
• Miocene of United States (30: California)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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