Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Synonym: Niphredil Van Valen 1978
Full reference: L. Van Valen. 1967. New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135(5):217-284
Parent taxon: Cimolestidae according to R. Secord 2008
See also Gingerich 1980, Krause and Gingerich 1983, Lopatin 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Scott et al. 2002, Van Valen 1967 and Van Valen 1978
Sister taxa: Aboletylestes, Alveugena, Ambilestes, Avunculus, Bagalestes, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Cimolestes, Delphodon, Gelastops, Ilerdoryctes, Maelestes, Naranius, Procerberus, Puercolestes, Scollardius, Suratilestes, Telacodon
Subtaxa: Paleotomus carbonensis Paleotomus junior Paleotomus milleri Paleotomus radagasti Paleotomus senior
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (17: Montana, North Dakota, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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