Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1892. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. Part III. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 43(255):249-262

Parent taxon: Cimolestidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Marsh 1892, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Simpson 1929

Sister taxa: Aboletylestes, Alveugena, Ambilestes, Avunculus, Bagalestes, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Cimolestes, Delphodon, Gelastops, Ilerdoryctes, Maelestes, Naranius, Paleotomus, Procerberus, Puercolestes, Scollardius, Suratilestes

Subtaxa: Telacodon laevis Telacodon praestans

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Type: Telacodon laevis

Ecology: scansorial insectivore

Distribution: found only at Mammal Quarry No. 5 (Cretaceous of Wyoming)

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