[MM] Paracimexomys priscus
Allotherians
DESCRIBER Lillegraven, 1969
TIME Cretaceous Late
Coniacian Santonian Campanian Maastrichtian
CLASS Mammalia
SUBCLASS Allotheria
ORDER Multituberculata
SUBORDER Cimolodonta
SUPERFAMILY Incertae Sedis [Paracimexomys Group]
FAMILY Incertae Sedis [Paracimexomys Group]
FOSSILSITE Iron Springs Formation, Pine Valley Mountains, Utah, United States
Judith River Formation, Hill County, Montana, United States
Wind River Basin, Wyoming, United States
Hell Creek Formation, Montana, United States
INFO
Paracimexomys priscus (Lillegraven, 1969) > Paracimexomys perplexus (Eaton & Cifelli, 2001 ) > ?Paracimexomys crossi (Cifelli, 1977) > Paracimexomys magister (Fox, 1971) > ?Paracimexomys robisoni (Eaton & Nelson, 1991 ) > Paracimexomys sp. (Eaton & Cifelli, 1998; Eaton & Nelson, 1991; Eaton, 1995)
The holotype is in the collection of Alberta University, where the name Cimexomys is favoured. Weight is estimated to have been about 60 g.