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Cupidinimus nebraskensis

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Taxonomy
Cupidinimus nebraskensis was named by Wood (1935) [genotype]. Its type specimen is CM 10193 and is a 3D body fossil.

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by J. Alroy on 2003-01-23; modified by J. Marcot on 2026-05-03

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Cupidinimus nebraskensis Wood p. 118 figs. Figures 34 - 35
1979Cupidinimus nebraskensis Korth p. 293 figs. Figs. 4, 5, 6 and Table 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentia
suborderSupramyomorpha
infraorderCastorimorphi
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusCupidinimus
speciesnebraskensis

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. E. Wood 1935Small; teeth medium to low crowned; lophs separate until the teeth are much worn; masseteric ridge extends well forward of P4; limbs definitely sub-ricochetal; calcaneal-navicular contact definitely established.
W. W. Korth 1979Small size; p4 with variable occurrence of hypoconulid, anteroconid and protoconid; P4 with accessory cuspule on protoloph in some specimens; M2^ and reduced relative to M/; teeth mesodont; no hypostylid on p4.