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
Belongs to Batodon according to O. P. Hay 1930
See also Hay 1902, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Marsh 1892, Simpson 1927 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 2139, a mandible (anterior part of a mandible with canine (or enlarged incisor) and three premolars). Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003), which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (10: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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