Mammalia - Multituberculata - Neoplagiaulacidae
Alternative combinations: Cimolomys primaevus, Mesodma primaeva, Ptilodus primaevus
Synonym: Mesodma archibaldi Eaton 2002
Full reference: L. M. Lambe. 1902. New genera and species from the Belly River Series (mid-Cretaceous). Geological Survey of Canada Contributions to Canadian Palaeontology 3(2):25-81
Belongs to Filikomys according to L. N. Weaver et al. 2020
See also Clemens 1964, Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Lambe 1902, Lillegraven and McKenna 1986, Montellano 1992, Russell 1952, Sahni 1972 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxon: Filikomys minor
Type specimens:
- Filikomys primaevus: NMC 1890, a mandible (right mandible with p4m1). Its type locality is 6.4 km below mouth of Berry Creek, which is in a Judithian terrestrial horizon in the Oldman Formation of Canada.
- Mesodma archibaldi:
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (5: Alberta collections), United States (8: Montana, Wyoming)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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