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Kimbetopsalis
Temporal range: - Middle Puercan, 65 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Kimbetopsalis simmonsae was an ancient mammal (a multituberculate) which was first discovered in 2015. It lived about 65.5 million years ago, at least a million years after the non-avian dinosaurs went extinct.

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
  4. Carolyn Gramling, Sarah Shelley (image): How mammals took over the world. ScienceNews; June 7, 2022. – Includes live reconstruction.
Allotheria
Synapsida
Cynodontia
Mammalia
Allotheria
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Allotheria
Allotheria
Gondwanatheria?
Ferugliotheriidae?
Sudamericidae
Multituberculata
Allodontoidea
Allodontidae
Paulchoffatioidea
Pinheirodontidae
Paulchoffatiidae
Plagiaulacoidea
Plagiaulacidae
Eobaataridae
Albionbaataridae
Cimolodonta
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Sunnyodon notleyi
Cimolodonta
Cimolodonta
Paracimexomys group
Cimolomyidae
Kogaionidae
Eucosmodontidae
Microcosmodontidae
Ptilodontoidea
Cimolodontidae
Neoplagiaulacidae
Ptilodontidae
Taeniolabidoidea
Lambdopsalidae
Taeniolabididae
Djadochtatherioidea
Sloanbaataridae
Djadochtatheriidae
Taeniolabis taoensis
Taxon identifiers
Kimbetopsalis


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