Stygimys Sloan and Van Valen 1965 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eucosmodontidae

Full reference: R. E. Sloan and L. Van Valen. 1965. Cretaceous mammals from Montana. Science 148(3667):220-227

Parent taxon: Eucosmodontinae according to D. L. Lofgren et al. 2005

See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum 2001, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott et al. 2013 and Sloan and Van Valen 1965

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Stygimys camptorhiza Stygimys gratus Stygimys jepseni Stygimys kuszmauli Stygimys teilhardi Stygimys vastus

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Type: Stygimys kuszmauli

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Canada (8: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (49: Montana, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

• Cretaceous of Mexico (1)

Total: 58 collections including 77 occurrences

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