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Cimolestidae
Taxonomy
Cimolestidae was named by Marsh (1889) [attributed to Winge 1917 by Rook et al. 2010]. It is not extant. Its type is Cimolestes.
It was reranked as the subfamily Cimolestinae by Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Didelphodontinae by Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Polyprotodontia by Hay (1902); to Marsupialia by Marsh (1889) and Matthew (1916); to Didelphidae by Hay (1930); to Eutheria by Wible et al. (2007); to Didelphodonta by McKenna and Bell (1997), Eberle (1999), Lopatin (2006) and Rook et al. (2010); to Cimolesta by Williamson et al. (2011); and to Cimolesta by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rose et al. (2012) and Fox (2015).
It was reranked as the subfamily Cimolestinae by Hay (1930); it was synonymized subjectively with Didelphodontinae by Van Valen (1967).
It was assigned to Polyprotodontia by Hay (1902); to Marsupialia by Marsh (1889) and Matthew (1916); to Didelphidae by Hay (1930); to Eutheria by Wible et al. (2007); to Didelphodonta by McKenna and Bell (1997), Eberle (1999), Lopatin (2006) and Rook et al. (2010); to Cimolesta by Williamson et al. (2011); and to Cimolesta by Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004), Rose et al. (2012) and Fox (2015).
Subtaxa
Aboletylestes, Alveugena, Ambilestes, Avunculus, Bagalestes, Batodon, Betonnia, Chacopterygus, Cimolestes (syn. Nyssodon) (type genus), Delphodon, Gelastops (syn. Emperodon), Ilerdoryctes, Maelestes, Naranius, Paleotomus (syn. Niphredil), Procerberus, Puercolestes, Scollardius, Suratilestes, Telacodon
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1889 | Cimolestidae Marsh |
| 1902 | Cimolestidae Hay p. 565 |
| 1916 | Cimolestidae Matthew p. 482 |
| 1930 | Cimolestinae Hay p. 391 |
| 1997 | Cimolestidae McKenna and Bell p. 212 |
| 1999 | Cimolestidae Eberle p. 937 |
| 2004 | Cimolestidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 506-507 |
| 2006 | Cimolestidae Lopatin |
| 2007 | Cimolestidae Wible et al. p. 1003 |
| 2010 | Cimolestidae Rook et al. p. 1219 |
| 2011 | Cimolestidae Williamson et al. p. 164 |
| 2012 | Cimolestidae Rose et al. |
| 2015 | Cimolestidae Fox |
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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. †Cimolestidae Marsh 1889
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G. †Aboletylestes Russell 1964
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†Aboletylestes hypselus Russell 1964
†Aboletylestes robustus Gheerbrant 1992
G. †Cimolestes Marsh 1889
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†Cimolestes cuspulus Gheerbrant 1992
†Cimolestes stirtoni Clemens 1973
Invalid names: Nyssodon Simpson 1927 [synonym]
G. †Gelastops Simpson 1935
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†Gelastops joni Rigby, Jr. 1980
Invalid names: Emperodon Simpson 1935 [synonym]
G. †Naranius Russell and Dashzeveg 1986
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†Naranius americanus Beard and Dawson 2009
†Naranius infrequens Russell and Dashzeveg 1986
G. †Paleotomus Van Valen 1967
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†Paleotomus carbonensis Secord 1998
†Paleotomus junior Scott et al. 2002
†Paleotomus milleri Rigby, Jr. 1980
†Paleotomus radagasti Van Valen 1978
Invalid names: Niphredil Van Valen 1978 [synonym]
G. †Procerberus Sloan and Van Valen 1965
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†Procerberus andesiticus Middleton and Dewar 2004
†Procerberus formicarum Sloan and Van Valen 1965
†Procerberus grandis Middleton and Dewar 2004
†Procerberus plutonis Van Valen 1978
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Lillegraven 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Ji et al. 2002, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Judithian to the top of the Wasatchian or 83.50000 to 50.30000 Ma
Collections (149 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Judithian | Canada (Alberta) | Cimolestes sp. (14451) | |
| Judithian | USA (New Mexico) | Cimolestes sp. (14464) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | Mongolia | Maelestes gobiensis (87870) | |
| Late/Upper Campanian | USA (New Mexico) | Cimolestes sp. (14498) | |
| Middle Campanian | Canada (Alberta) | Cimolestes sp. (45561) | |
| Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian | USA (Montana) | Cimolestes sp., Batodon sp. (14446) | |
| Early/Lower Maastrichtian | Canada (Alberta) | Cimolestes sp. (14502) | |
| Lancian | USA (South Dakota) | Delphodon comptus (14571) | |
| Lancian | USA (Montana) | Batodon tenuis (14516 14575 14618 14624 14650 172644) Batodon tenuis, Cimolestes incisus, Cimolestes propalaeoryctes, Cimolestes stirtoni (14549) Cimolestes cerberoides (14654) Cimolestes incisus (14616) | |
| Lancian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Batodon tenuis, Cimolestes incisus (14558) Cimolestes cerberoides, Cimolestes stirtoni (14584) Cimolestes incisus, Cimolestes propalaeoryctes, Cimolestes stirtoni (14655) | |
| Lancian | Canada (Alberta) | Batodon tenuis, Cimolestes cerberoides (14632) Batodon tenuis, Cimolestes cerberoides, Cimolestes propalaeoryctes (14630) Cimolestes cerberoides (14633 14634 14636 14637) | |
| Lancian | USA (Wyoming) | Batodon tenuis, Cimolestes incisus (14589) Batodon tenuis, Cimolestes incisus, Cimolestes stirtoni (14519) Batodon tenuis, Cimolestes incisus, Didelphodon comptus (14565) Cimolestes incisus (14538 14566) Cimolestes incisus, Cimolestes stirtoni (14505 14598) Cimolestes incisus, Didelphodon comptus (14590 14591) Cimolestes incisus, Didelphodon comptus, Telacodon laevis (14587) Cimolestes sp. (14540 14567 14606 14656) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Wyoming) | Cimolestes incisus, Cimolestes stirtoni (14585) | |
| Late/Upper Maastrichtian | USA (Montana) | Cimolestes sp., Procerberus sp. (183109) | |
| Pu1 | USA (North Dakota) | Alveugena carbonensis (105890) | |
| Pu3 | USA (New Mexico) | Cimolestes simpsoni, Cimolestidae indet., Cimolestidae indet. (26575) | |
| Pu3 | USA (Montana) | Cimolestidae indet., Puercolestes simpsoni (218647) Cimolestidae indet., Puercolestes simpsoni, Betonnia tsosia (14738) | |
| Puercan | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Cimolestes cerberoides (14737) Cimolestes sp., Procerberus sp. (14691) Procerberus formicarum (14756) Procerberus sp., Cimolestes simpsoni (14768) | |
| Puercan | USA (Wyoming) | Alveugena carbonensis (14797) Cimolestes sp., Procerberus sp. (14729) Procerberus grandis, Procerberus sp. (14808) | |
| Puercan | USA (New Mexico) | Cimolestes simpsoni (14662) Cimolestes simpsoni, Betonnia tsosia, Palaeoryctidae indet. (14760) Cimolestes simpsoni, Betonnia tsosia, Procerberus sp. (14794) | |
| Puercan | USA (Montana) | Betonnia tsosia (14800) Cimolestes incisus, Procerberus formicarum (14671) Cimolestes sp., Procerberus sp., Cimolestes incisus (14809) Cimolestidae indet. (218648 218651 218653 218940 218941 218942) Cimolestidae indet., Betonnia tsosia (14666 183113) Cimolestidae indet., Puercolestes simpsoni (218938 218939) Cimolestidae indet., Puercolestes simpsoni, Betonnia tsosia (218650 218655) Gelastops sp., Procerberus sp. (14766) Procerberus formicarum (14660 14669 14672 14696 14698 14740 14741 14742 14751 14754 14772 14773 14776 14777 14785 14786 14787 14788 14798 14802 193844 231045 231047) Procerberus formicarum, Ambilestes cerberoides (14801) Procerberus formicarum, Puercolestes simpsoni (14743) Procerberus grandis (14761 185209) Procerberus grandis, Procerberus sp. (14759) Procerberus sp. (14704) Puercolestes simpsoni (140079) | |
| Puercan | USA (Colorado) | Procerberus andesiticus, Procerberus grandis (14658 14774) Procerberus sp. (210018) | |
| Danian | Belgium (Hainaut) | Cimolestes sp. (132949) | |
| Danian | Bolivia (Mizque) | Cimolestes sp. (13501) | |
| To2 | Canada (Alberta) | Gelastops sp., Procerberus sp., Paleotomus junior (14894) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Montana) | Avunculus didelphodonti, Gelastops parcus (14906) Gelastops parcus (14913) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Texas) | Gelastops sp. (14829) Paleotomus senior (14884) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (Wyoming) | Avunculus didelphodonti (14903) Gelastops joni, Paleotomus milleri (14886) Gelastops parcus (14881 14898 14905 14912) | |
| Torrejonian - Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Gelastops joni, Paleotomus carbonensis (14851) Paleotomus carbonensis (14841 14848) | |
| Ti1 | Canada (Alberta) | Paleotomus senior, Paleotomus sp. (14939) | |
| Ti3 | USA (Colorado) | Gelastops parcus (99821) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (North Dakota) | Palaeosinopa simpsoni (14931) Paleotomus senior (15006) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Wyoming) | Gelastops parcus (15012) Gelastops sp. (15067 198262 198263) Gelastops sp., Paleotomus milleri (198264) Gelastops sp., Paleotomus senior (198265) Niphredil radagasti (14944 15017) Niphredil sp. (14936) Paleotomus radagasti (190402) | |
| Tiffanian | USA (Montana) | Paleotomus senior (15025) Paleotomus senior, Palaeosinopa simpsoni (15064) | |
| Thanetian | Romania | Aboletylestes sp. (83307 138240) | |
| Thanetian | Morocco (Meknès-Tafilalet) | Aboletylestes hypselus (133241) Cimolestes incisus, Cimolestes cuspulus, Aboletylestes hypselus, Aboletylestes robustus (88301) | |
| Late/Upper Paleocene | USA (Wyoming) | Paleotomus radagasti (15024) | |
| Ypresian | India (Gujarat) | Suratilestes gingerichi (55494) | |
| Wasatchian | USA (Mississippi) | Prodiacodon sp. (15719) | |
| Bumbanian | Mongolia (Omnogov) | Naranius infrequens (133397) | |
| Bumbanian | Mongolia (Southern Mongolia) | Naranius infrequens, Bagalestes trofimovi (37206) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | France (Corbieres) | Ilerdoryctes sigei (92838) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | Portugal (Região Centro) | Ilerdoryctes sigei (79200) | |
| Early/Lower Eocene | China (Hunan) | Naranius infrequens (87239) |