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Cimolomys trochuus

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Taxonomy
Cimolomys trochuus was named by Lillegraven (1969). Its type specimen is UA 2353, a mandible, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Trochu (KUA-1), which is in a Lancian terrestrial claystone/siltstone in the Scollard Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Cimolomys trochuus Lillegraven p. 30 figs. 13, 4-5
1979Cimolomys trochuus Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
2004Cimolomys trochuus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 328

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyCimolomyidae
genusCimolomys
speciestrochuus

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.

†Cimolomys trochuus Lillegraven 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Lancian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys trochuus (type locality: 14630)