Catopsalis is a genus of extinct mammal from the Paleocene of North America. This animal was a relatively large member of the extinct order of Multituberculata. Most multituberculates were much smaller.
At one time, the genus was also formally reported from the upper Cretaceous of Mongolia. However, that material was subsequently referred to the genera of Djadochtatherium and Catopsbaatar. Catopsalis is within the suborder of Cimolodonta and a member of the superfamily Taeniolabidoidea.
Recent research suggests that "Catopsalis" is actually a paraphyletic assemblage, and one species, C. joyneri, has been moved to its own genus, Valenopsalis.[1]
^Thomas E. Williamson, Stephen L. Brusatte, Ross Secord, Sarah Shelley, A new taeniolabidoid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the middle Puercan of the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, and a revision of taeniolabidoid systematics and phylogeny, 5 OCT 2015, doi:10.1111/zoj.12336
Catopsbaatar. Catopsalis is within the suborder of Cimolodonta and a member of the superfamily Taeniolabidoidea. Recent research suggests that "Catopsalis" is actually...
refers to the animal's similarity to the genus Catopsalis. The species was moved to the genus Catopsalis in 1979, and received its own genus (Catopsbaatar...
in Wyoming, Montana and Saskatchewan. Originally referred to the genus Catopsalis (C. joyneri), it has more recently been moved to its own genus as the...
multituberculate. It was originally diagnosed as an Asian species of Catopsalis. †Essonodon †Essonodon browni Hell Creek Formation, Montana, USA Frenchman...
matthewi was also named by G. G. Simpson in 1925 and has also been known as Catopsalis matthewi (Simpson, 1925). It has been found in the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous)-age...
28 (2): 83–94. Kielan-Jaworowska, Kielan; Sloan, Robert E. (1979). "Catopsalis (Multituberculata) from Asia and North America and the problem of taeniolabidid...
Edward Drinker Cope in 1882. Species have also been placed with the genera Catopsalis and Polymastodon. Taeniolabis lamberti was named by Nancy Simmons in 1987...
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