Kimbetopsalis

Kimbetopsalis simmonsae
Temporal range: - Middle Puercan, 65 Ma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Superfamily: Taeniolabidoidea
Family: Taeniolabididae
Genus: Kimbetopsalis
Species: K. simmonsae
Williamson, 2015[1]

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

References

  1. Willamson, T.E.,; Brusatte, S.L.,; Secord, R.,; Shelley, S (2015), "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, doi:10.1111/zoj.12336
  2. "Newly discovered mammal species survived dinosaur extinction - 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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