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Cimolestes incisus

Mammalia - Cimolestidae

Taxonomy
Cimolestes incisus was named by Marsh (1889) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM 11775, a tooth (Left M1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mammal Quarry No. 1 (UCMP V-5003), which is in a Lancian terrestrial horizon in the Lance Formation of Wyoming. It is the type species of Cimolestes.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cimolestes incisus Marsh
1902Cimolestes incisus Hay p. 566
1927Cimolestes incisus Simpson p. 122
1927Nyssodon punctidens Simpson p. 122
1929Nyssodon punctidens Simpson pp. 120-122
1929Cimolestes incisus Simpson p. 131
1930Nyssodon punctidens Hay p. 390
1930Cimolestes incisus Hay p. 392
1973Cimolestes incisus Clemens
1979Cimolestes incisus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
2004Cimolestes incisus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 507
2015Cimolestes incisus Fox

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Cimolesta()
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusCimolestes
speciesincisus

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.

†Cimolestes incisus Marsh 1889
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Invalid names: Nyssodon punctidens Simpson 1927 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialsubc
Diet: insectivores
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:33:54
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:33:54
Source: s = species, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Ji et al. 2002, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Thanetian or 70.60000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolestes incisus (14505 14519 14538 type locality: 14565 14566 14587 14589 14590 14591 14598)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Cimolestes incisus (14558 14655)
Lancian70.6 - 66.0USA (Montana) Cimolestes incisus (14549 14616)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolestes incisus (14585)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3USA (Montana) Cimolestes incisus (14671 14809)
Puercan66.0 - 63.3Canada (Saskatchewan) Cimolestes cerberoides (14737)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) Cimolestes incisus (88301)