Paracimexomys

Paracimexomys
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous, Santonian–Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Clade: Paracimexomys group
Genus: Paracimexomys
Species
  • P. magister
  • P. magnus
  • P. priscus
  • P. propriscus (Hunter et al., 2010) [1]

Paracimexomys is a genus of extinct mammals in the extinct Multituberculata order. Paracimexomys lived during the Cretaceous period. The few fossils remains come from North America. Some Romanian fossils were also tentatively assigned to this genus, though that classification now seems doubtful.[not verified in body]

The genus Paracimexomys ("beside Cimexomys") was named by Archibald J.D. in 1982. Paracimexomys fossils were originally referred to as Cimexomys, until it was realized they were different enough to justify a genus of their own.

  1. ^ Hunter, J. P; Heinrich, R. E. & Weishampel, D. B. (2010). "Mammals from the St. Mary River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 885–898. doi:10.1080/02724631003763490. S2CID 128823128.