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Cimolestes

Description

Cimolestes ("Cretaceous robber") is a genus of basal, non-placental eutherians. Fossils have been found in North America, where they first appeared during the Late Cretaceous; they died out at the start of the Paleocene.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4831695https://www.gbif.org/species/4831695
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)40235https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=40235
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolestidae : Cimolestes
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Cimolesta : Cimolestidae : Cimolestes
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-TriploblasticaLankester 1877
-NephrozoaJondelius et al. 2002
-DeuterostomiaGrobben 1908
phylumChordataHaeckel 1847
subphylumVertebrataLamarck 1801
superclassGnathostomataGegenbauer 1874
-Osteichthyes
-SarcopterygiiRomer 1955
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha
subclassTetrapodomorpha
-Tetrapoda
-ReptiliomorphaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-AnthracosauriaSäve-Söderbergh 1934
-Batrachosauria
-Cotylosauria
-AmniotaHaeckel 1866
-SynapsidaOsborn 1903
-Therapsida
infraorderCynodontia
-EpicynodontiaHopson and Kitching 2001
infraorderEucynodontiaKemp 1982
-ProbainognathiaHopson 1990
-MammaliamorphaRowe 1988
-MammaliaformesRowe 1988
classMammaliaLinnaeus 1758
subclassTribosphenida
infraclassEutheria
-Cimolesta
familyCimolestidaeMarsh 1889
genusCimolestesMarsh 1889
Scientific NameCimolestes Marsh, 1889
Name Published InAmer. J. Sci., (3) 38
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to Cimolestidaestated without evidenceMarsh, 1889
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to Didelphiidaestated without evidenceSimpson, 1927
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to PalaeoryctidaeimpliedSloan and Van Valen, 1965
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to Didelphodontinaestated without evidenceVan Valen, 1967
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to Palaeoryctidaestated without evidenceKielan-Jaworowska et al., 1979
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to Didelphodontinaestated without evidenceGheerbrant, 1992
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to CimolestidaeimpliedMcKenna and Bell, 1997
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to Didelphodontinaestated without evidenceGheerbrant et al., 1998
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to Cimolestidaestated without evidenceKielan-Jaworowska et al., 2004
Cimolestesgenusbelongs to Cimolestidaestated with evidenceWible et al., 2007
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)4
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance59.2 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Environmentterrestrial (based on Cimolestidae)
Motilityactively mobile (based on Osteichthyes)
Dietcarnivore, insectivore
Taphonomyphosphatic (based on Vertebrata)
Primary Reference (PBDB)O. C. Marsh. 1889. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. American Journal of Science 38:81-92
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cimolestes

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Cimolestes cuspulus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
159.2 Ma
Paleocene
59.2 Ma
Paleocene
Cimolestes incisus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1970.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
59.2 Ma
Paleocene
Cimolestes stirtoni
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
770.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Cimolestes Marsh
1902Cimolestes Hay p. 566
1927Cimolestes Simpson p. 122
1927Nyssodon Simpson p. 122
1929Cimolestes Simpson pp. 117, 131
1929Nyssodon Simpson pp. 120-122
1965Cimolestes Sloan and Van Valen p. 221
1967Cimolestes Van Valen
1979Cimolestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. p. 223
YearName and Author
1992Cimolestes Gheerbrant
1997Cimolestes McKenna and Bell
1998Cimolestes Gheerbrant et al.
2004Cimolestes Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 494, 507 fig. 13.25C
2006Cimolestes Lopatin
2007Cimolestes Wible et al.
2009Cimolestes Wible et al.
2011Cimolestes Williamson et al. p. 164
2015Cimolestes Fox

References

Marsh O. C. Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia, American Journal of Science 38, 81-92
Hay O. P. (1902) , Bibliography and Catalogue of the Fossil Vertebrata of North America. Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 179, 1-868
Simpson G. G. (1927) Mesozoic Mammalia. VIII. Genera of Lance mammals other than multituberculates, American Journal of Science 14 80, 121-130 doi:10.2475/ajs.s5-14.80.121
Simpson G. G. (1929) American Mesozoic Mammalia, Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Yale University 3 1, 1-171
Sloan R. E., Van Valen L. (1965) Cretaceous mammals from Montana, Science 148 3667, 220-227
Van Valen L. (1967) New Paleocene insectivores and insectivore classification, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 135 5, 217-284
Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Bown T. M., et al (1979) Eutheria, Mesozoic mammals: the first two-thirds of mammalian history, 221-258
Gheerbrant E. (1992) Les mammifères paléocènes du Bassin d'Ouarzazate (Maroc). I.Introduction générale et Palaeoryctidae, Palaeontographica Abteilung A 224 3-6, 67-132
McKenna M. C., Bell S. K. (1997) , Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level, 1-640
Gheerbrant E., Sudre J., et al (1998) Nouvelles données sur les mammifères du Thanétien et de l'Yprésien du bassin d'Ouarzazate (Maroc) et leur contexte stratigraphique, Palaeovertebrata 27 3-4, 155-202
Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Cifelli R. L., et al (2004) Mammals from the age of dinosaurs: Origins, evolution, and structure, Columbia University Press, New York, 1-630
Lopatin A. V. (2006) Early Paleogene insectivore mammals of Asia and establishment of the major groups of Insectivora, Paleontological Journal 40 3, S205-S405
Wible J. R., Rougier G. W., et al (2007) Cretaceous eutherians and Laurasian origin for placental mammals near the K/T boundary, Nature 447, 1003-1006
Wible J. R., Rougier G. W., et al (2009) The eutherian mammal Maelestes gobiensis from the Late Cretaceous of Mongolia and the phylogeny of Cretaceous Eutheria, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 327, 1-123
Williamson T. E., Weil A., et al (2011) Cimolestids (Mammalia) from the early Paleocene (Puercan) of New Mexico, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31 1, 162-180 doi:10.1080/02724634.2011.539649
Fox R. C. (2015) A revision of the Late Cretaceous–Paleocene eutherian mammal Cimolestes Marsh, 1889, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 52 doi:10.1139/cjes-2015-0113
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Amer. J. Sci., (3) 38 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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