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Cimolomys clarki

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Taxonomy
Cimolomys clarki was named by Sahni (1972). Its type specimen is AMNH 77179, a tooth (isolated right p4), and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is 1963-1966 Clayball Hill, which is in a Campanian terrestrial siltstone in the Judith River Formation of Montana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Cimolomys clarki Sahni
1979Cimolomys clarki Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 102
1986Cimolomys clarki Lillegraven and McKenna p. 19
2004Cimolomys clarki Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 328

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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()
familyCimolomyidae
genusCimolomys
speciesclarki

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.

†Cimolomys clarki Sahni 1972
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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: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983

Age range: Judithian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Utah) Cimolomys clarki (14429)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Cimolomys clarki (14489)
Judithian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Cimolomys clarki (14431 14433 14458 14465 14473)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Cimolomys clarki (14455)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Wyoming) Cimolomys clarki (70269 70453 70454)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Cimolomys clarki (type locality: 14447)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys clarki (45897 45899)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Cimolomys clarki (14482)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys clarki (45561 45565)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) Cimolomys clarki (45819)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Montana) Cimolomys clarki (14446 14461 14470)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Cimolomys clarki (212186)