Kimbetohia Explained

Kimbetohia is a genus of mammal belonging to the extinct order Multituberculata. It lived from the Upper Cretaceous to the Paleocene period in the United States.

Taxonomy

Two species are known. The type species, Kimbetohia campi, has been found in New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming, in the Nacimiento Formation of the San Juan Basin. The deposits date from the Maastrichtian stage of the Upper Cretaceous to the Puercan stage of the Paleocene.^{[1] [2]} Some material associated with this species was referred to as Clemensodon megaloba, by D. W. Krause in 1992. The second species, K. mzaie, is known from deposits of the Denver Formation, in Colorado, which has been dated to the Puercan stage of the Lower Paleocene.^[3]

References

• Z. Kielan-Jaworowska Z and J. H. Hurum. (2001) Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, pg. 389 - 429.
• Much of this information has been derived from MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Ptilodontoidea, an internet directory.

Notes and References

1. G. G. Simpson. 1936. Additions to the Puerco fauna, Lower Paleocene. American Museum Novitates 849
2. D. L. Lofgren, B. M. Gaytan, M. Pastrano, J. E. Rice, and R. L. Zheng. 2012. First record of Kimbetohia campi (Mammalia, Multituberculata) from the Paleocene part of the North Horn Formation, Utah. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 32(5):1214–1217
3. M. D. Middleton and E. W. Dewar. 2004. New mammals from the early Paleocene Littleton fauna (Denver Formation, Colorado). in Paleogene Mammals, S. G. Lucas, K. E. Zeigler, and P.E. Kondrashov (eds.), New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science Bulletin (26)59-80