Essonodon is a mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous of North America. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata and lived towards the end of the "age of the dinosaurs." It is within the suborder Cimolodonta and perhaps the family Cimolomyidae.
The genus Essonodon was named by Simpson G.G. in 1927, and is also partly known as Cimolodon. The inclusion of this taxon within Cimolomyidae is tentative. (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum 2001, p. 408).
The species: Essonodon browni has also partly been known as Cimolodon nitidus (Marsh 1889).
Place: Hell Creek, Montana & San Juan Basin, New Mexico & Wyoming (USA)
Age: Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous)
This species was a large multituberculate that weighed in at over 2.5 kilograms. Further material has been reported from the Frenchman Formation of Canada.
Essonodon is a mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous of North America. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata and lived towards the end...
represented include Paracimexomys, the cimolomyids Paressonodon, Meniscoessus, Essonodon, Cimolomys, Cimolodon, and Cimexomys, and the neoplagiaulacids Mesodma...
represented include Paracimexomys, the cimolomyids Paressonodon, Meniscoessus, Essonodon, Cimolomys, Cimolodon, and Cimexomys; and the neoplagiaulacids Mesodma...
Material Notes Images Alphadon cf. A. marshi Alphadontinae Indeterminate Essonodon E. browni Glasbius cf. G. sp. Mesodma M. formosa Meniscoessus cf. M. sp...
It was originally diagnosed as an Asian species of Catopsalis. †Essonodon †Essonodon browni Hell Creek Formation, Montana, USA Frenchman Formation, Saskatchewan...
multituberculate. C. cf. gracilis South Dakota A cimolomyid multituberculate. Essonodon E. browni Montana A cimolomyid multituberculate. Meniscoessus M. conquistus...
least eight remains of mammals from the formation, such as Alphadon, Essonodon, Mesodma, and Meniscoessus, while there are five (possibly seven) types...
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