Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Paracimexomys magister

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Taxonomy
Cimexomys magister was named by Fox (1971). Its type locality is Verdigris Coulee (UA-MR-6), which is in a Santonian terrestrial sandstone/shale in the Milk River Formation of Canada.

It was recombined as Paracimexomys magister by Archibald (1982), Lillegraven and McKenna (1986), Montellano et al. (2000), Eaton and Cifelli (2001), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. robisonae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Cimexomys magister Fox
1979Cimexomys magister Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
1982Paracimexomys magister Archibald
1986Paracimexomys magister Lillegraven and McKenna p. 24
2000Paracimexomys magister Montellano et al.
2001Paracimexomys magister Eaton and Cifelli
2004Paracimexomys magister Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 320-321

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
genusParacimexomys
speciesmagister()

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.

show all | hide all
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: Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Santonian or 85.70000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Cimexomys magister (14423 type locality: 14425) Paracimexomys magister (14428)