Scollardius

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Scollardius
Temporal range: Maastrichtian
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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

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

References

  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.