Cimolodontidae

Cimolodontidae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Representatives are known from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America. The family Cimolodontidae was named by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1889 and is part of the suborder Cimolodonta within the superfamily Ptilodontoidea.

Cimolodontidae Temporal range: Late Cretaceous–Paleocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Premolar
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	†Multituberculata
Family:	†Cimolodontidae Marsh, 1889
Genera
Cimolodon Anconodon Liotomus

References

• Marsh (1889), "Discovery of Cretaceous Mammalia. Part II." Am. J. Sci., 3, 38, p. 81-92.
• Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals." Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.