Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Full reference: W. A. Clemens. 1973. Fossil mammals of the type Lance Formation, Wyoming. Part III. Eutheria and summary. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 94:1-102
Belongs to Cimolestes according to R. C. Fox 2015
See also Clemens 1973, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979 and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Cimolestes cuspulus, Cimolestes incisus
Type specimen: UCMP 48591, a tooth (left upper molar, probably M2). Its type locality is Bushy Tailed Blowout, which is in a Lancian terrestrial shale in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Saskatchewan collections), United States (5: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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