Cimolomys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
| |
---|---|
Skull cast of C. gracilis | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Family: | †Cimolomyidae |
Genus: | †Cimolomys Marsh, 1889 |
Type species | |
†Cimolomys gracilis Marsh, 1889
| |
Species | |
|
Cimolomys (Greek for "chalk mouse") is a mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous of North America. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta and family Cimolomyidae.
The genus Cimolomys was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1889.