Viridomys
| Viridomys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Genus: | †Viridomys |
| Species: | †V. orbatus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Viridomys orbatus Fox R.C., 1971
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Viridomys is a genus of extinct
suborder of Cimolodonta
, though its further affinities are unclear.
The primary species, Viridomys orbatus, is known from
Alberta, Canada. Possible remains have also been found in Dogie Mountain, Texas (United States). The Texas site is believed to be Paleocene
in age.
References
- Fox (1971), "Early Campanian multituberculates (Mammalia: Allotheria) from the upper Milk River Formation, Alberta", Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 8, p. 916-938.
- Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. & Hurum, J.H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals", Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.
- Much of this information has been derived from [1] Mesozoic Mammals: "basal" Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.
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