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Extinct suborder of mammals
Cimolodonta is a clade of
multituberculate mammals that lived from the
Cretaceous to the
Eocene . They probably lived something of a
rodent -like existence until their
ecological niche was assumed by true rodents. The more basal multituberculates are found in a different suborder, "
Plagiaulacida ", a
paraphyletic group containing all non cimolodontan multituberculates.
Cimolodonta is apparently a natural (monophyletic) suborder. Remains have been identified from across the
Northern Hemisphere . They first appeared during the
Aptian , and completely replaced the more primitive plagiaulacidans by the early Late Cretaceous.
[2] The taxon is recognized as the informal
Paracimexomys group and the superfamilies
Djadochtatherioidea ,
Taeniolabidoidea , and
Ptilodontoidea . Additionally, and of uncertain affinities, are the families
Cimolomyidae ,
Boffiidae ,
Eucosmodontidae ,
Kogaionidae ,
Microcosmodontidae and the two genera
Uzbekbaatar and
Viridomys . More precise placement of these types awaits further discoveries and analysis.
Taxonomy
Suborder †Cimolodonta McKenna, 1975
Superfamily
Incertae sedis
Family
Incertae sedis
Subfamily
Incertae sedis
Genus ?
Ameribaatar Eaton & Cifelli, 2001
Genus ?
Bryceomys Eaton, 1995
Genus
Cedaromys Eaton & Cifelli, 2001
Genus ?
Dakotamys Eaton, 1995 ; (Early Cretaceous, Central North America)
Genus ?
Fractinus Higgins, 2003
Genus
Halodon Marsh, 1889
Genus
Ptilodus (Marsh, 1889) Gidley, 1909
Genus ?
Uzbekbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska & Nesov, 1992
Genus ?
Barbatodon Rãdulescu & Samson, 1986
"
Paracimexomys group " Archibald, 1982
Family
Boffiidae Hahn & Hahn, 1983
Family
Cimolomyidae Marsh, 1889 sensu Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001
Genus
Essonodon Simpson, 1927
Genus
Buginbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska & Sochava, 1969
Genus
Meniscoessus Cope, 1882 (
syn . Dipriodon Marsh, 1889 , Tripriodon Marsh, 1889 , Selenacodon Marsh, 1889 , Halodon Marsh, 1889 , Oracodon Marsh, 1889 )
Genus
Cimolomys Marsh, 1889 (syn. ?Allacodon Marsh, 1889 ; Meniscoessus ; Ptilodus ; Selenacodon Marsh, 1889 )
Superfamily
Ptilodontoidea Cope, 1887 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 & Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001
Family
Cimolodontidae Marsh, 1889 sensu Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001
Family
Ptilodontidae Cope, 1887 (syn. Ptilodontinae Cope, 1887 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 )
Family
Neoplagiaulacidae Ameghino, 1890 (syn. Neoplagiaulacinae Ameghino, 1890 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 )
Genus
Mesodma Marsh, 1889
Genus
Ectypodus Matthew & Cranger, 1921 (syn. Charlesmooria Kühne, 1969 )
Genus
Mimetodon Jepsen, 1940
Genus
Neoplagiaulax Lemoine, 1882
Genus
Parectypodus Jepsen, 1930
Genus
Cernaysia Vianey-Liaud, 1986
Genus
Krauseia Vianey-Liaud, 1986
Genus
Xyronomys Rigby, 1980
Genus
Xanclomys Rigby, 1980
Genus
Mesodmops Tong & Wang, 1994
Family
Kogaionidae Rãdulescu & Samson, 1996
Family
Eucosmodontidae Jepsen, 1940 sensu Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001 (syn. Eucosmodontinae Jepsen, 1940 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997 )
Family
Microcosmodontidae Holtzman & Wolberg, 1977 (syn. Microcosmodontinae Holtzman & Wolberg, 1977 McKenna & Bell, 1997 )
Superfamily
Djadochtatherioidea Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 1997 sensu Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001 (syn. Djadochtatheria Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 1997 )
Genus ?
Bulganbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, 1974
Genus ?
Chulsanbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, 1974
Genus
Nemegtbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, 1974
Family
Sloanbaataridae Kielan-Jaworowska, 1974
Family
Djadochtatheriidae Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 1997
Genus
Djadochtatherium Simpson, 1925
Genus
Catopsbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, 1974
Genus
Tombaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, 1974
Genus
Kryptobaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, 1970 (syn. Gobibaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, 1970 , Tugrigbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska & Dashzeveg, 1978 )
Superfamily
Taeniolabidoidea Granger & Simpson, 1929 sensu Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001
References
^ T. H. Rich, P. A. Vickers-Rich, T. F. Flannery, B. P. Kear, D. J. Cantrill, P. Komarower, L. Kool, D. Pickering, P. Trusler, S. Morton, N. A. Van Klaveren, E. M. G. Fitzgerald (2009). "An Australian Multituberculate and Its Palaeobiogeographic Implications". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica . 54 (1): 1-6.
doi :
10.4202/app.2009.0101 . {{
cite journal }}
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link )
^ Weaver, Lucas N.; Wilson, Gregory P.; Krumenacker, L. J.; Mclaughlin, Kayla; Moore, Jason R.; Varricchio, David J. (2019-03-04).
"New multituberculate mammals from the mid-Cretaceous (lower Cenomanian) Wayan Formation of southeastern Idaho and implications for the early evolution of Cimolodonta" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 39 (2): e1604532.
doi :
10.1080/02724634.2019.1604532 .
ISSN
0272-4634 .
S2CID
196655261 .
Further reading
Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44 , p. 389-429.
Much of this information has been derived from
[1] Multituberculata Cope, 1884.
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