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Cimolestes stirtoni

Osteichthyes - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Cimolestes stirtoni was named by Clemens (1973). Its type specimen is UCMP 48591, a tooth (left upper molar, probably M2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Bushy Tailed Blowout, which is in a Lancian terrestrial shale in the Lance Formation of Wyoming.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Cimolestes stirtoni Clemens
1979Cimolestes stirtoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Cimolestes stirtoni Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 507
2015Cimolestes stirtoni Fox

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
RankNameAuthor
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusCimolestes
speciesstirtoni

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cimolestes stirtoni Clemens 1973
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Diagnosis
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