Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Full reference: W. W. Korth. 1998. Rodents and lagomorphs (Mammalia) from the Late Clarendonian (Miocene) Ash Hollow Formation, Brown County, Nebraska. Annals of Carnegie Museum 67(4):299-348
Belongs to Cupidinimus according to W. W. Korth 1998
Sister taxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis, Cupidinimus bidahochiensis, Cupidinimus boronensis, Cupidinimus cuyamensis, Cupidinimus halli, Cupidinimus lindsayi, Cupidinimus magnus, Cupidinimus nebraskensis, Cupidinimus robinsoni, Cupidinimus smaragdinus, Cupidinimus tertius, Cupidinimus whitlocki, Perognathoides kleinfelderi, Perognathoides eurekensis, Perognathoides quartus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Pratt Quarry, which is in a Clarendonian channel siliciclastic in the Ash Hollow Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: ground dwelling granivore-browser
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: Nebraska collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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