Full reference: R. C. Fox. 1971. Early Campanian multituberculates (Mammalia: Allotheria) from the upper Milk River Formation, Alberta. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8:916-938
Parent taxon: Cimolodonta according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004
See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Fox 1971 and McKenna and Bell 1997
Sister taxa: Boffiidae, Bryceomys, Cedaromys, Cimexomys, Cimolomyidae, Corriebaataridae, Dakotamys, Djadochtatherioidea, Eucosmodontidae, Kogaionidae, Microcosmodontidae, Paracimexomys, Ptilodontoidea, Taeniolabidoidea, Uzbekbaatar, Yubaatar
Subtaxa: Viridomys orbatus
Type: Viridomys orbatus
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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