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Cimolomyidae

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Cimolomyidae Sloan and Van Valen p. 222
1979Cimolomyidae Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
1986Cimolomyidae Lillegraven and McKenna p. 19
1997Cimolomyidae McKenna and Bell
2001Cimolomyidae Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 419
2004Cimolomyidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 327-328

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyCimolomyidae
familyCimolomyidae

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.

Fm. †Cimolomyidae Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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G. †Buginbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska and Sochava 1969
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†Buginbaatar transaltaiensis Kielan-Jaworowska and Sochava 1969
G. †Cimolomys Marsh 1889
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†Cimolomys bellus Marsh 1889
†Cimolomys clarki Sahni 1972
†Cimolomys gracilis Marsh 1889
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Invalid names: Cimolomys digona Marsh 1889 [synonym], Cimolomys nitidus Marsh 1889 [synonym], Selenacodon brevis Marsh 1889 [synonym]
†Cimolomys milliensis Eaton 1993
†Cimolomys parvus Marsh 1892
†Cimolomys trochuus Lillegraven 1969
Invalid names: Nanomyops [synonym]
G. †Essonodon Simpson 1927
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†Essonodon browni Simpson 1927
G. †Meniscoessus Cope 1882
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†Meniscoessus collomensis Lillegraven 1987
†Meniscoessus ferox Fox 1971
†Meniscoessus major Russell 1936
†Meniscoessus robustus Marsh 1889
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Invalid names: Dipriodon lunatus Marsh 1889 [synonym], Halodon sculptus Marsh 1889 [synonym], Meniscoessus borealis Simpson 1927 [synonym], Meniscoessus greeni Wilson 1987 [synonym], Oracodon anceps Marsh 1889 [synonym], Oracodon conulus Marsh 1892 [synonym], Selenacodon fragilis Marsh 1889 [synonym], Tripriodon coelatus Marsh 1889 [synonym]
†Meniscoessus seminoensis Eberle and Lillegraven 1998
Invalid names: Dipriodon Marsh 1889 [synonym], Halodon Marsh 1889 [synonym], Oracodon Marsh 1889 [synonym], Selenacodon Marsh 1889 [synonym]
G. †Paressonodon Wilson et al. 2010
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†Paressonodon nelsoni Wilson et al. 2010
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Santonian to the top of the Lancian or 85.70000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (184 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys sp. A, Cimolomys sp. B (14423 14425) Cimolomys sp. A, Meniscoessus ferox (14426)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Cimolomys sp., Meniscoessus intermedius (14421 14430) Meniscoessus sp., Cimolomyidae indet., Cimolomys sp., Cimolomys clarki (14429)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Cimolomys sp. (128412)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Meniscoessus intermedius (14464)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys major (14471 14485) Meniscoessus intermedius (14476) Meniscoessus sp., Cimolomys sp. (14451)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Meniscoessus sp., Cimolomys clarki (14489) Meniscoessus sp., Cimolomys sp. (14488)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Cimolomyidae indet. (14467) Cimolomys milliensis (14475)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Cimolomys clarki (14431 14458 14465 14473) Cimolomys clarki, Meniscoessus intermedius (14433)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Cimolomys clarki (14447)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Cimolomys clarki (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Mexico) Cimolomys sp. (14472) Essonodon sp. (156148) Essonodon sp., Meniscoessus intermedius (14436 14498)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Cimolomys clarki (70269 70453 70454)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Coahuila) Cimolomyidae indet. (154244)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cimolomyidae indet. (45671 45674) Cimolomyidae indet., Cimolomys clarki (45897 45899) Meniscoessus major (45893)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Meniscoessus sp., Cimolomyidae indet., Cimolomys sp. A, Cimolomys sp. B (14466)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Cimolomys clarki, Meniscoessus major (14482)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cimolomyidae indet., Cimolomys clarki (45565) Cimolomyidae indet., Meniscoessus major (45564) Cimolomys clarki, Meniscoessus major (45561) Meniscoessus major (45566 45820)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Saskatchewan) Cimolomys sp. (14494) Meniscoessus sp. (229975)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Cimolomys clarki, Meniscoessus major (14446 14461 14470) Cimolomys sp. (14457) Meniscoessus major (14435 14445 14448 14450 14460 14483) Meniscoessus sp. (14490) Meniscoessus sp., Cimolomys sp. (14434)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys clarki (45819)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Cimolomys clarki (212186) Cimolomys sp. (68003)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Meniscoessus collomensis (14497) Meniscoessus sp. (167302)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys gracilis, Meniscoessus conquistus, Meniscoessus robustus (14502)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Utah) Cimolomys sp. (14599)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolomys digona, Dipriodon robustus, Cimolomys nitidus (14587) Cimolomys digona, Meniscoessus robustus, Oracodon anceps (14592) Cimolomys gracilis (14526 14570) Cimolomys gracilis, Dipriodon robustus (14566) Cimolomys gracilis, Meniscoessus robustus (14505 14519 14524 14527 14538 14596) Cimolomys sp., Cimolomys digona, Dipriodon lunatus, Halodon sculptus, Meniscoessus robustus, Oracodon anceps, Selenacodon brevis, Selenacodon fragilis, Cimolomys bellus (14591) Cimolomys sp., Cimolomys digona, Meniscoessus robustus (14606) Cimolomys sp., Dipriodon lunatus, Halodon sculptus, Nanomyops sp. (14567) Dipriodon lunatus, Dipriodon robustus, Halodon gracilis, Halodon sculptus, Meniscoessus robustus, Selenacodon brevis, Selenacodon fragilis, Tripriodon coelatus, Cimolomys parvus (14565) Essonodon browni, Meniscoessus robustus, Paressonodon nelsoni, Essonodon sp. (14514) Halodon sculptus, Cimolomys nitidus (14511) Halodon sculptus, Meniscoessus robustus (14588) Halodon sculptus, Nanomyops sp. (14586) Meniscoessus robustus (14561 14577 14598 14625 14626 14641 14642 14644 14656) Meniscoessus robustus, Oracodon anceps (14590) Meniscoessus robustus, Oracodon anceps, Selenacodon brevis, Cimolomys parvus (14589) Meniscoessus robustus, Paressonodon nelsoni (45844) Meniscoessus seminoensis (14545) Meniscoessus sp., Cimolomys sp. (26626)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Saskatchewan) Cimolomys gracilis, Meniscoessus robustus (14558 14584) Essonodon sp., Meniscoessus robustus (14655) Meniscoessus robustus (14551)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys gracilis (14634) Cimolomys gracilis, Cimolomys trochuus (14630)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Colorado) Cimolomys sp. (96084) Cimolomys sp., Meniscoessus conquistus (14581) Meniscoessus robustus, Paressonodon nelsoni (96083) Meniscoessus sp., Cimolomys sp. (14640)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Cimolomys gracilis, Meniscoessus robustus (14537) Cimolomys gracilis, Moeniscoessus robustus (14571) Meniscoessus robustus (14604) Meniscoessus sp. (14612)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Meniscoessus robustus (14620 14621) Meniscoessus sp., Meniscoessus robustus (14610)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Cimolomys gracilis (14582) Cimolomys gracilis, Essonodon browni, Meniscoessus borealis (14576) Cimolomys gracilis, Essonodon browni, Meniscoessus robustus (14516 14523 14549) Cimolomys gracilis, Meniscoessus robustus (14653) Essonodon browni (14508 14520) Essonodon browni, Meniscoessus robustus (14534 14546 14568 14575 14616 172644) Essonodon sp., Cimolomys sp., Meniscoessus sp. (14532) Meniscoessus borealis (14515 14517 14562 14594 14595) Meniscoessus robustus (14506 14525 14550 14552 14553 14554 14559 14572 14580 14583 14597 14608 14611 14618 14623 14624 14629 14639 14645 14646 14647 14649 14650 14651 14652 14654 172642) Meniscoessus sp. (14600 14613)
Lancian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Essonodon browni (14518) Meniscoessus sp. (14619)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Dakota) Meniscoessus sp. (45390)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Mexico) Essonodon browni (59068) Meniscoessus sp. (154616)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) Cimolomys gracilis, Meniscoessus robustus (14585)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Dakota) Essonodon browni (45137) Meniscoessus robustus (45111 45124 45128 45130) Meniscoessus sp. (45136 45144) Meniscoessus sp., Meniscoessus robustus (45099 45102)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Essonodon browni, Meniscoessus borealis (119007) Meniscoessus robustus (55326 183109)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Montana) Meniscoessus robustus (55353) Meniscoessus sp., Cimolomys sp. (85499)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mongolia (Ovorhangai) Buginbaatar transaltaiensis (13347)