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Cimexomys minor

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Taxonomy
Cimexomys minor was named by Sloan and Van Valen (1965). Its type specimen is S.P.S.M. 62-2115, a maxilla (left mandible with P3, P4, and alveoli for I, M1, and M2), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Bug Creek Anthills, which is in a Puercan terrestrial horizon in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Cimexomys minor Sloan and Van Valen p. 221
1979Cimexomys minor Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
2004Cimexomys minor Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 322
2013Cimexomys minor Donohue et al. p. 687 figs. 7B-C

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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()
genusCimexomys
speciesminor

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.

†Cimexomys minor Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Puercan or 70.60000 to 63.30000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimexomys minor (14514 14519 45844)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Cimexomys minor (14515 14576)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimexomys minor (14585)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Colorado) Cimexomys minor (14658 176863)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Cimexomys minor (14756 14768)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Cimexomys minor (14669 type locality: 14671 14672 14696 14701 14743 14754 14759 14763 14766 14773 14776 14777 14787 14788 14798 193844 231045 231047)