Cimolomys Marsh 1889 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Synonym: Nanomyops

Full reference: O. C. Marsh. 1889. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. American Journal of Science and Arts, series 3 38:81-92

Parent taxon: Cimolomyidae according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska and J. H. Hurum 2001

See also Alroy 2002, Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Hay 1902, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lillegraven and McKenna 1986, Marsh 1889, McKenna and Bell 1997, Simpson 1929, Sloan and Van Valen 1965, Wilson et al. 2010 and Wood and Ormsbee 1954

Sister taxa: Buginbaatar, Essonodon, Meniscoessus, Paressonodon

Subtaxa: Cimolomys bellus Cimolomys clarki Cimolomys gracilis Cimolomys milliensis Cimolomys trochuus

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Type: Cimolomys gracilis

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (15: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (61: Colorado, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, North Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Wyoming)

Total: 76 collections including 89 occurrences

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