Scollardius
Appearance
Scollardius Temporal range:
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Cimolesta |
Family: | †Cimolestidae |
Genus: | †Scollardius |
Species: | †S. propalaeoryctes
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Binomial name | |
†Scollardius propalaeoryctes Fox, 2015
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Scollardius is an extinct genus of cimolestid that lived during the Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous epoch.
Distribution
[edit]Scollardius propalaeoryctes is known from Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Montana.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ 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.