Cimolodon

Cimolodon
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
Premolar of Cimolodon nitidus, view from the outside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Multituberculata
Family: †Cimolodontidae
Genus: †Cimolodon
Marsh, 1889
Species
  • C. akersteni Weaver, Wilson, Krumenacker, McLaughlin, Moore, and Varricchio, 2019[1]
  • C. electus Fox, 1971
  • C. nitidus Marsh, 1889 (type)
  • C. parvus Marsh, 1892
  • C. peregrinus Donohue, Wilson, and Breithaupt, 2013[2]
  • C. similis Fox, 1971
  • C. wardi Eaton, 2006[3]

Cimolodon is a genus of the extinct mammal order of Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta and the family Cimolodontidae. Specimens are known from the Late Cretaceous of North America.

  1. ^ Weaver, Lucas N.; Wilson, Gregory P.; Krumenacker, L. J.; McLaughlin, Kayla; Moore, Jason R.; Varricchio, David J. (2019). "New multituberculate mammals from the mid-Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho and implications for the early evolution of Cimolodonta". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 39 (2): e1604532. Bibcode:2019JVPal..39E4532W. doi:10.1080/02724634.2019.1604532. S2CID 196655261.
  2. ^ S. L. Donohue, G. P. Wilson, and B. H. Breithaupt. 2013. "Latest Cretaceous multituberculates of the Black Butte Station local fauna (Lance Formation, southwestern Wyoming), with implications for compositional differences among mammalian local faunas of the Western Interior". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33(3):677-695
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Eaton2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).