Kimbetopsalis

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Kimbetopsalis
Temporal range: - Middle Puercan, 65 Ma
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Taeniolabididae
Genus: Kimbetopsalis
Williamson et al., 2016
Species:
K. simmonsae
Binomial name
Kimbetopsalis simmonsae
Williamson et al., 2016[1]

Kimbetopsalis simmonsae was an ancient mammal (a multituberculate) which was first discovered in 2015.[2][3]

References[]

  1. ^ Willamson, T.E.; Brusatte, S.L.; Secord, R.; Shelley, S (2016), "A new taeniolabidoid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the middle Puercan of the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, and a revision of taeniolabidoid systematics and phylogeny", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 177: 183–208, doi:10.1111/zoj.12336
  2. ^ Gill, Victoria (2015-10-05). "Newly discovered mammal species survived dinosaur extinction - BBC News". BBC News. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
  3. ^ Fossil find: UNL undergraduate discovers new mammal species, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, retrieved October 5, 2015


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