Paracimexomys magnus Sahni 1972 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Alternative combination: Cimexomys magnus

Full reference: A. Sahni. 1972. The vertebrate fauna of the Judith River Formation, Montana. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 147(6):321-412

Belongs to Paracimexomys according to J. D. Archibald 1982

See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004 and Sahni 1972

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Clambank Hollow Quarry, which is in a Campanian/Campanian fine channel fill claystone in the Judith River Formation of Montana

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (2: Montana, Utah collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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