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Cupidinimus
Taxonomy
Cupidinimus was named by Wood (1935).
It was assigned to Heteromyidae by Wood (1935), Shotwell and Russell (1963), McKenna and Bell (1997).
It was assigned to Heteromyidae by Wood (1935), Shotwell and Russell (1963), McKenna and Bell (1997).
Species
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-05-04
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1935 | Cupidinimus Wood p. 118 |
| 1963 | Cupidinomys Shotwell and Russell p. 47 |
| 1997 | Cupidinimus McKenna and Bell |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. †Cupidinimus Wood 1935
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†Cupidinimus avawatzensis Barnosky 1986
†Cupidinimus bidahochiensis Baskin 1979
†Cupidinimus boronensis Whistler 1984
†Cupidinimus kleinfelderi Storer 1970
†Cupidinimus lindsayi Barnosky 1986
†Cupidinimus madisonensis Dorr, Jr. 1956
†Cupidinimus nebraskensis Wood 1935
†Cupidinimus prattensis Korth 1998
†Cupidinimus robinsoni Korth and Kron 2020
†Cupidinimus smaragdinus Korth 1996
†Cupidinimus whitlocki Barnosky 1986
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| A. E. Wood 1935 | Diagnosis: Sub-ricochetal heteromyids, with asulcate upper incisors; union of lophs of P4 tending to be between metacone and protoloph, though first point of union is usually in the center of the tooth; lower molars with incipient H-pattern; cheek teeth progres- sively hypsodont and lophate, but always rooted; deciduous premolars progressive; calcaneal-navicular articulation. |