Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Paleocene, Santonian–Puercan
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Cimexomys minor fossil
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
†Multituberculata
Clade:
†Paracimexomys group (?)
Genus:
†Cimexomys Sloan & Van Valen, 1965
Type species
†Cimexomys minor
Sloan and Van Valen, 1965
Other species
†C. arapahoensis Middleton and Dewar, 2004
†C. gratus (Jepsen, 1930)
†C. judithae Sahni, 1972
†"C." antiquus Fox, 1971
†"C." gregoryi Eaton, 1993
Cimexomys is an extinct North American mammal that lived from the Upper Cretaceous to the Paleocene. For a while, it shared the world with dinosaurs, but outlived them. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata and lies within the suborder Cimolodonta. It is perhaps a member of the Paracimexomys group, though it is not certain.
The genus Cimexomys ("bug mouse") was named by Sloan and Van Valen in 1965. Most remains are restricted to teeth. "Cimex" means "bug", with reference to the type locality of Cimexomys minor in the Bug Creek Anthills in Montana, United States.
The inclusion of Cimexomys in the Paracimexomys group is tentative, (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, p. 403). Some species are termed here as "Cimexomys", and they're listed towards the end. New species have previously been christened with great enthusiasm, and much reidentification has also occurred.
reference to the type locality of Cimexomys minor in the Bug Creek Anthills in Montana, United States. The inclusion of Cimexomys in the Paracimexomys group...
Paracimexomys ("beside Cimexomys") was named by Archibald J.D. in 1982. Paracimexomys fossils were originally referred to as Cimexomys, until it was realized...
cimolomyids Paressonodon, Meniscoessus, Essonodon, Cimolomys, Cimolodon, and Cimexomys, and the neoplagiaulacids Mesodma and Neoplagiaulax. The metatherians...
Archibald, 1982 Genus Paracimexomys Archibald, 1982 Genus ?Cimexomys Fox, 1971 Genus Cimexomys Sloan & Van Valen, 1965 sensu stricto? Family Boffiidae Hahn...
cimolomyids Paressonodon, Meniscoessus, Essonodon, Cimolomys, Cimolodon, and Cimexomys; and the neoplagiaulacids Mesodma, and Neoplagiaulax. The alphadontids...
quarter of a circle and adhering the anterior one from behind. †Cimexomys †Cimexomys minor Maastrichtian to Danian Hell Creek Formation, Montana, USA...
(Sahni, 1972) Archibald, 1982 [Cimexomys magnus Sahni, 1972] Species †P. magister (Fox, 1971) Archibald, 1982 [Cimexomys magister Fox, 1971] Species †P...
following mammals have been found in the formation: Multituberculata Cimexomys sp. Cimolodon spp. Cimolomys clarki Meniscoessus major Mesodma primaeva...
Formation Genus Species State Stratigraphic position Material Notes Images Cimexomys C. minor Montana A multituberculate of uncertain phylogenetic placement...
(Sahni, 1972) Archibald, 1982 [Cimexomys magnus Sahni, 1972] Species †P. magister (Fox, 1971) Archibald, 1982 [Cimexomys magister Fox, 1971] Species †P...
Greek mythology. The genus has also been known as Catopsalis (partly); Cimexomys (partly); Eucosmodon (partly); and Parectypodus (partly). Some skull material...
overhead. Several varieties of mammals, such as the multituberculate Cimexomys coexisted with dinosaurs in the Two Medicine Formation and the various...
lizards such as Magnuviator, and champsosaurs. The multituberculate mammal Cimexomys has been found on Egg Mountain. The species Piksi barbarulna was described...
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