Mammalia - Rodentia - Heteromyidae
original description includes UCMP 12567 (left mandible with p4-m2) and UCMP 12568 (left dentary with p4) as co-types
Alternative combinations: Dipodomys magnus, Diprionomys magnus, Pliosaccomys magnus
Full reference: L. Kellogg. 1910. Rodent fauna of the late Tertiary beds at Virgin Valley and Thousand Creek, Nevada. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(29):421-437
Belongs to Cupidinimus according to A. E. Wood 1935
See also James 1963, Shotwell 1967, Wilson 1936, Wilson 1937 and Wood 1936
Sister taxa: Cupidinimus avawatzensis, Cupidinimus bidahochiensis, Cupidinimus boronensis, Cupidinimus cuyamensis, Cupidinimus halli, Cupidinimus lindsayi, Cupidinimus nebraskensis, Cupidinimus prattensis, Cupidinimus robinsoni, Cupidinimus smaragdinus, Cupidinimus tertius, Cupidinimus whitlocki, Perognathoides kleinfelderi, Perognathoides eurekensis, Perognathoides quartus
Type specimen: UCMP 12567, a mandible (left mandible with p4-m2). Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.
Distribution:
• Hemphillian of United States (3: Nevada, Oregon collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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