essonodon

Essonodon is a mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous of North America. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata and lived towards the end of the "age of the dinosaurs." It's within the Suborder of Cimolodonta, and perhaps the family Cimolomyidae. Genus: Essonodon Simpson G.G., 1927
Aka: Cimolodon (partly)
The inclusion of this taxon within Cimolomyidae is tentative, (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum 2001, p.408). Species: Essonodon browni
Aka: Cimolodon nitidus Marsh, 1889 (partly)
Place: Hell Creek, Montana & San Juan Basin, New Mexico & Wyoming (USA)
Age: Maastrichtian, Upper Cretaceous
A large multi, which weighed in at over 2,5 kilos. Further material has been reported from the Frenchman Formation of Canada.

References

Simpson (1927), "Mammalian fauna of the Hell Creek Formation of Montana." Amer. Mus. Novit. 267, p.1-7, 6 figs.
Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals." Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
Much of this information has been derived from http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/cimolod.htm MESOZOIC MAMMALS; 'basal' Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.

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