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Scollardius

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Scollardius
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cimolesta
Family: Cimolestidae
Genus: Scollardius
Species:
S. propalaeoryctes
Binomial name
Scollardius propalaeoryctes
Fox, 2015

Scollardius is an extinct genus of cimolestid that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.

Distribution

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Scollardius propalaeoryctes is known from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Fox, Richard C. (6 November 2015). Sues, Hans-Dieter (ed.). "A revision of the Late Cretaceous–Paleocene eutherian mammal Cimolestes Marsh, 1889". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 52 (12): 1137–1149. doi:10.1139/cjes-2015-0113. ISSN 0008-4077. Retrieved 22 June 2025 – via Canadian Science Publishing.