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Cupidinimus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Cupidinimus Wood p. 118
1997Cupidinimus McKenna and Bell

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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
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusCupidinimus

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 boronensis Whistler 1984
†Cupidinimus halli Wood 1936
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Invalid names: Peridiomys kelloggi Wood 1936 [synonym], Perognathoides madisonensis Dorr, Jr. 1956 [synonym]
†Cupidinimus lindsayi Barnosky 1986
†Cupidinimus magnus Kellogg 1910
†Cupidinimus prattensis Korth 1998
†Cupidinimus robinsoni Korth and Kron 2020
†Cupidinimus whitlocki Barnosky 1986
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. E. Wood 1935Diagnosis: 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.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingf
Diet: granivoref
Diet 2: browserf
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2005-08-26 18:09:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Blancan or 23.04000 to 1.40000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harrisonian23.1 - 18.5USA (Nebraska) C. sp. (17843)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Montana) C. sp. (19000)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (Nebraska) C. nebraskensis (18259 18313 18350)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) C. halli (19579) C. sp. (19578)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) C. boronensis (19194) C. lindsayi (167840 167842 167845)
Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (California) C. boronensis (19139)
Late/Upper Hemingfordian18.5 - 16.3USA (Nebraska) Heteromyidae indet. (17889)
Early/Lower Hemingfordian - Early/Lower Barstovian18.5 - 12.5USA (Utah) C. sp. (18915)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Wyoming) C. sp. (18868 18990)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nevada) Perognathoides sp. (19088)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Nebraska) C. nebraskensis (18027 18031 18090 18102 18121 18164 18165 18192 18206 18208 18209 18240 18261 18275 18376 18435 18442 18454 18498) C. nebraskensis, Perognathoides cuyamensis (18284) C. nebraskensis, Perognathoides sp. (18332) C. sp. (18141 27481) Perognathoides sp. (18353)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) C. halli, C. lindsayi (19141 19305 19585 214888 214889) C. lindsayi (19313 19549) C. lindsayi, Perognathoides halli (19321) C. nebraskensis (19170 19173 19363 19526) Perognathoides halli (19184 19282 19283 19284 19343 19527 19561) Perognathoides halli, C. nebraskensis (19174 19193 19271 19279 19280 19281 19304 19416 19430 19522 19523 19550 19557 19558 19560)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (South Dakota) C. smaragdinus (18397)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) C. halli (19564)
Early/Lower Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) C. madisonensis, Perognathoides madisonensis (18803)
early Late Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (Montana) C. sp. (18848)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Oregon) C. sp. (18820)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nevada) Perognathoides cuyamensis (18845)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (South Dakota) C. sp. (18268)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (California) C. avawatzensis (19384) C. sp. (19322 19323 19324) C. sp., Perognathoides tertius (19145)
Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) C. sp. (18452 188779)
Late/Upper Clarendonian12.5 - 9.4USA (Nebraska) C. prattensis (18327) C. sp. (18066)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Texas) C. sp. (18097)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (California) C. lindsayi (19309) C. sp. (19569) Pliosaccomys magnus (19447) Pliosaccomys sp. (19446)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nevada) C. magnus (19095)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) Pliosaccomys magnus (18807 18944)
Late/Upper Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Arizona) Perognathoides bidahochiensis (19610)
Blancan4.7 - 1.4USA (California) C. bidahochiensis (19715 19719)