Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
Alternative combination: Cupidinimus saskatchewanensis
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 Perognathus according to J. E. Storer 1970
See also Barnosky 1986 and Whistler 1984
Sister taxa: Perognathus ancenensis, Perognathus brevidens, Perognathus carpenteri, Perognathus coquorum, Perognathus dunklei, Perognathus flavescens, Perognathus flavus, Perognathus furlongi, Perognathus gidleyi, Perognathus henryredfieldi, Perognathus huastecensis, Perognathus inornatus, Perognathus longimembris, Perognathus maldei, Perognathus mclaughlini, Perognathus merriami, Perognathus minutus, Perognathus parvus, Perognathus pearlettensis, Perognathus rexroadensis, Perognathus stevei, Perognathus strigipredus, Perognathus trojectioansrum
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: found only at Kleinfelder Farm
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