†family Cimolodontidae Marsh 1889 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae

Parent taxon: Ptilodontoidea according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001

See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Marsh 1889 and McKenna and Bell 1997

Sister taxa: Neoliotomus, Neoplagiaulacidae, Ptilodontidae

Subtaxa: Anconodon Cimolodon Liotomus

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Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (7: Alberta collections), France (1), United States (17: Montana, New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of Canada (17: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (92: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 134 collections including 166 occurrences

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