Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Synonym: Nyssodon Simpson 1927
Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:81-92
Parent taxon: Cimolestidae according to R. C. Fox 2015
See also Clemens 1973, Gheerbrant 1992, Gheerbrant et al. 1998, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lopatin 2006, Marsh 1889, McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1927, Simpson 1929, Sloan and Van Valen 1965, Van Valen 1967, Wible et al. 2007, Wible et al. 2009 and Williamson et al. 2011
Sister taxa: Aboletylestes, Alveugena, Ambilestes, Avunculus, Bagalestes, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Delphodon, Gelastops, Ilerdoryctes, Maelestes, Naranius, Paleotomus, Procerberus, Puercolestes, Scollardius, Suratilestes, Telacodon
Subtaxa: Cimolestes cuspulus Cimolestes incisus Cimolestes stirtoni
Type: Cimolestes incisus
Ecology: scansorial carnivore-insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Belgium (1 collection), Bolivia (1), Canada (2: Saskatchewan), Morocco (1), United States (3: Montana, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of Canada (6: Alberta, Saskatchewan), United States (21: Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming)
Total: 35 collections including 43 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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