Cimexomys antiquus Fox 1971 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata

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

Belongs to Cimexomys according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979 and Fox 1971

Sister taxa: Cimexomys arapahoensis, Cimexomys gregoryi, Cimexomys hausoi, Cimexomys judithae, Cimexomys minor

Type specimen: Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-6), which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Milk River Formation of Canada

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (2: Alberta collections), United States (1: Utah)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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