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Cimolestes stirtoni

Mammalia - 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
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: carnivoreg
Diet 2: insectivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-01 18:17:42
Modified: 2005-09-01 20:17:42
Source: g = genus, f = family, subc = subclass, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Eberle 1999, Kiessling 2004, Ji et al. 2002, Lillegraven 1979

Age range: Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Cimolestes stirtoni (14584 14655)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolestes stirtoni (14505 type locality: 14519 14598)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Cimolestes stirtoni (14549)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolestes stirtoni (14585)