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Cimolestidae
Taxonomy
Cimolestidae was named by Marsh (1889) [attributed to Winge 1917 by Rook et al. 2010]. It is not extant. Its type is Cimolestes.
It was reranked as the subfamily Cimolestinae by Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Didelphodontinae by Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Polyprotodontia by Hay (1902); to Marsupialia by Marsh (1889) and Matthew (1916); to Didelphidae by Hay (1930); to Eutheria by Wible et al. (2007); to Didelphodonta by McKenna and Bell (1997), Eberle (1999), Lopatin (2006) and Rook et al. (2010); to Cimolesta by Williamson et al. (2011); and to Cimolesta by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rose et al. (2012) and Fox (2015).
It was reranked as the subfamily Cimolestinae by Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Didelphodontinae by Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Polyprotodontia by Hay (1902); to Marsupialia by Marsh (1889) and Matthew (1916); to Didelphidae by Hay (1930); to Eutheria by Wible et al. (2007); to Didelphodonta by McKenna and Bell (1997), Eberle (1999), Lopatin (2006) and Rook et al. (2010); to Cimolesta by Williamson et al. (2011); and to Cimolesta by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rose et al. (2012) and Fox (2015).
Subtaxa
Aboletylestes, Alveugena, Ambilestes, Avunculus, Bagalestes, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Cimolestes (syn. Nyssodon) (type genus), Delphodon, Gelastops (syn. Emperodon), Ilerdoryctes, Maelestes, Naranius, Paleotomus (syn. Niphredil), Procerberus, Puercolestes, Scollardius, Suratilestes, Telacodon
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1889 | Cimolestidae Marsh |
1902 | Cimolestidae Hay p. 565 |
1916 | Cimolestidae Matthew p. 482 |
1930 | Cimolestinae Hay p. 391 |
1997 | Cimolestidae McKenna and Bell p. 212 |
1999 | Cimolestidae Eberle p. 937 |
2004 | Cimolestidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 506-507 |
2006 | Cimolestidae Lopatin |
2007 | Cimolestidae Wible et al. p. 1003 |
2010 | Cimolestidae Rook et al. p. 1219 |
2011 | Cimolestidae Williamson et al. p. 164 |
2012 | Cimolestidae Rose et al. |
2015 | Cimolestidae Fox |
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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.
Fm. †Cimolestidae Marsh 1889
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G. †Aboletylestes Russell 1964
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†Aboletylestes hypselus Russell 1964
†Aboletylestes robustus Gheerbrant 1992
G. †Cimolestes Marsh 1889
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†Cimolestes cuspulus Gheerbrant 1992
†Cimolestes stirtoni Clemens 1973
Invalid names: Nyssodon Simpson 1927 [synonym]
G. †Gelastops Simpson 1935
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†Gelastops joni Rigby, Jr. 1980
Invalid names: Emperodon Simpson 1935 [synonym]
G. †Naranius Russell and Dashzeveg 1986
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†Naranius americanus Beard and Dawson 2009
†Naranius infrequens Russell and Dashzeveg 1986
G. †Paleotomus Van Valen 1967
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†Paleotomus carbonensis Secord 1998
†Paleotomus junior Scott et al. 2002
†Paleotomus milleri Rigby, Jr. 1980
†Paleotomus radagasti Van Valen 1978
Invalid names: Niphredil Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
G. †Procerberus Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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†Procerberus andesiticus Middleton and Dewar 2004
†Procerberus formicarum Sloan and Van Valen 1965
†Procerberus grandis Middleton and Dewar 2004
†Procerberus plutonis Van Valen 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available