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Cimolodon nitidus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolodontidae

Taxonomy
Cimolodon nitidus was named by Marsh (1889). Its type specimen is YPM 11776, a tooth (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 Cimolodon.

It was recombined as Cimolomys nitidus by Hay (1902); it was synonymized subjectively with Cimolomys gracilis by Simpson (1929).

Synonyms
  • Allacodon rarus was named by Marsh (1892). Its type specimen is USNM 2144, a tooth (upper premolar), and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cimolomys gracilis by Simpson (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Cimolodon nitidus by Clemens (1964).
  • Halodon serratus was named by Marsh (1889). Its type specimen is YPM 11811, a tooth (P4), 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 was recombined as Cimolomys serratus by Hay (1902); it was recombined as Ptilodus serratus by Gidley (1909) and Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Cimolomys gracilis by Simpson (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Cimolodon nitidus by Clemens (1964).
  • Nanomys minutus was named by Marsh (1889) [genotype]. Its type specimen is YPM 11855, a tooth (M2), and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Nanomyops minutus by Marsh (1892); it was recombined as Cimolomys minutus by Hay (1902) and Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Cimolomys gracilis by Simpson (1929); it was synonymized subjectively with Cimolodon nitidus by Clemens (1964).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Halodon serratus Marsh
1889Nanomys minutus Marsh
1889Cimolodon nitidus Marsh p. 84 figs. pl. 2, figs 5-8
1889Nanomys minutus Marsh p. 85 figs. pl. 2, figs 9-12
1889Halodon serratus Marsh p. 87 figs. pl. 3, figs 14-17
1892Cimolodon nitidus Cope
1892Nanomyops minutus Marsh
1892Allacodon rarus Marsh p. 256 figs. pl. 7, fig. 5
1897Halodon serratus Marsh p. 521
1902Allacodon rarus Hay p. 557
1902Cimolomys minutus Hay p. 560
1902Cimolomys nitidus Hay p. 560
1902Cimolomys serratus Hay p. 560
1909Ptilodus serratus Gidley
1930Allacodon rarus Hay p. 378
1930Ptilodus serratus Hay p. 380
1930Cimolodon nitidus Hay p. 381
1930Cimolomys minutus Hay p. 381
1937Halodon serratus Simpson
1964Cimolodon nitidus Clemens
1979Cimolodon nitidus Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101
2004Cimolodon nitidus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 335
2013Cimolodon nitidus Donohue et al. p. 682 figs. 5B-D

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
superfamilyPtilodontoidea()
familyCimolodontidaeMarsh 1889
genusCimolodonMarsh 1889
speciesnitidus

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.

†Cimolodon nitidus Marsh 1889
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Invalid names: Allacodon rarus Marsh 1892 [synonym], Halodon serratus Marsh 1889 [synonym], Nanomys minutus Marsh 1889 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available