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Cimolestes
Taxonomy
Cimolestes was named by Marsh (1889). Its type is Cimolestes incisus. It is the type genus of Cimolestidae.
It was assigned to Didelphiidae by Simpson (1927) and Simpson (1929); to Cimolestinae by Hay (1930); to Palaeoryctidae by Sloan and Van Valen (1965) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979); to Didelphodontinae by Van Valen (1967), Gheerbrant (1992) and Gheerbrant et al. (1998); and to Cimolestidae by Marsh (1889), Hay (1902), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Lopatin (2006), Wible et al. (2007), Wible et al. (2009), Williamson et al. (2011) and Fox (2015).
It was assigned to Didelphiidae by Simpson (1927) and Simpson (1929); to Cimolestinae by Hay (1930); to Palaeoryctidae by Sloan and Van Valen (1965) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (1979); to Didelphodontinae by Van Valen (1967), Gheerbrant (1992) and Gheerbrant et al. (1998); and to Cimolestidae by Marsh (1889), Hay (1902), McKenna and Bell (1997), Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Lopatin (2006), Wible et al. (2007), Wible et al. (2009), Williamson et al. (2011) and Fox (2015).
Species
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1889 | Cimolestes Marsh |
| 1902 | Cimolestes Hay p. 566 |
| 1927 | Cimolestes Simpson p. 122 |
| 1927 | Nyssodon Simpson p. 122 |
| 1929 | Cimolestes Simpson pp. 117, 131 |
| 1929 | Nyssodon Simpson pp. 120-122 |
| 1930 | Nyssodon Hay p. 390 |
| 1930 | Cimolestes Hay p. 391 |
| 1965 | Cimolestes Sloan and Van Valen p. 221 |
| 1967 | Cimolestes Van Valen |
| 1979 | Cimolestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223 |
| 1992 | Cimolestes Gheerbrant |
| 1997 | Cimolestes McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Cimolestes Gheerbrant et al. |
| 2004 | Cimolestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 507 fig. 13.25C |
| 2006 | Cimolestes Lopatin |
| 2007 | Cimolestes Wible et al. |
| 2009 | Cimolestes Wible et al. |
| 2011 | Cimolestes Williamson et al. p. 164 |
| 2015 | Cimolestes 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.
G. †Cimolestes Marsh 1889
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†Cimolestes cuspulus Gheerbrant 1992
†Cimolestes stirtoni Clemens 1973
Invalid names: Nyssodon Simpson 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available