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Cupidinimus magnus

Osteichthyes - Rodentia - Heteromyidae

Discussion

original description includes UCMP 12567 (left mandible with p4-m2) and UCMP 12568 (left dentary with p4) as co-types

Taxonomy
Diprionomys magnus was named by Kellogg (1910). Its type specimen is UCMP 12567, a mandible (left mandible with p4-m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Thousand Creek Formation, which is in a Hemphillian terrestrial horizon in the Thousand Creek Formation of Nevada.

It was recombined as Cupidinimus magnus by Wood (1935), Wilson (1936), Wood (1936), Wilson (1937); it was recombined as Dipodomys magnus by James (1963); it was recombined as Pliosaccomys magnus by Shotwell (1967).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1910Diprionomys magnus Kellogg
1935Cupidinimus magnus Wood
1936Cupidinimus magnus Wilson
1936Cupidinimus magnus Wood
1937Cupidinimus magnus Wilson
1963Dipodomys magnus James
1967Pliosaccomys magnus Shotwell

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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()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderCastorimorpha
superfamilyGeomyoideaBonaparte 1845
familyHeteromyidaeGray 1868
genusCupidinimus
speciesmagnus()

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.

†Cupidinimus magnus Kellogg 1910
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 13:09:37
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Ji et al. 2002, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991

Age range: Hemphillian or 9.40000 to 4.70000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Nevada) Cupidinimus magnus (type locality: 19095)
Hemphillian9.4 - 4.7USA (Oregon) Pliosaccomys magnus (18807 18944)