Paracimexomys magister Fox 1971 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Alternative combination: Cimexomys magister

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 Paracimexomys according to J. G. Eaton and R. L. Cifelli 2001

See also Archibald 1982, Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Fox 1971, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven and McKenna 1986 and Montellano et al. 2000

Sister taxa: Paracimexomys crossi, Paracimexomys magnus, Paracimexomys perplexus, Paracimexomys priscus, Paracimexomys propriscus, Paracimexomys robisoni

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 (3: Alberta collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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