Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae

Alternative combination: Cimolomys nitidus

Synonyms: Allacodon rarus Marsh 1892, Cimolomys minutus Marsh 1889, Cimolomys serratus Marsh 1889, Halodon serratus Marsh 1889, Nanomyops minutus Marsh 1889, Nanomys minutus Marsh 1889, Ptilodus serratus Marsh 1889

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:81-92

Belongs to Cimolodon according to W. A. Clemens 1964

See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Cope 1892, Donohue et al. 2013, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Marsh 1889, Marsh 1892, Marsh 1897, Simpson 1929 and Simpson 1937

Sister taxa: Cimolodon agilis, Cimolodon akersteni, Cimolodon electus, Cimolodon peregrinus, Cimolodon similis, Cimolodon wardi

Type specimens:

  • Cimolodon nitidus: YPM 11776, a tooth (M1). Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003), which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
  • Allacodon rarus: USNM 2144, a tooth (upper premolar).
  • Halodon serratus: YPM 11811, a tooth (P4). Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003), which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
  • Nanomys minutus: YPM 11855, a tooth (M2).

Ecology: arboreal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (9: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (64: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 73 collections including 79 occurrences

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