Mammalia - Cimolesta - Cimolestidae
Full reference: R. E. Sloan and L. Van Valen. 1965. Cretaceous mammals from Montana. Science 148(3667):220-227
Parent taxon: Cimolestidae according to T. E. Williamson et al. 2011
See also Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lopatin 2006, McKenna and Bell 1997, Rook et al. 2010, Sloan and Van Valen 1965 and Van Valen 1967
Sister taxa: Aboletylestes, Acmeodon, Alveugena, Ambilestes, Avunculus, Bagalestes, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Cimolestes, Gelastops, Ilerdoryctes, Maelestes, Naranius, Paleotomus, Puercolestes, Scollardius, Suratilestes, Telacodon
Subtaxa: Procerberus andesiticus Procerberus formicarum Procerberus grandis Procerberus plutonis
Ecology: scansorial insectivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Canada (4: Alberta, Saskatchewan collections), United States (39: Colorado, Montana, Wyoming)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Montana)
Total: 44 collections including 47 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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