RE: Multituberculates

[Ken.Carpenter@dmns.org]

Forwarded on behalf of Greg Wilson

A form resembling _Cimolodon nitidus_ has been recorded in the Prince
Creek Fm near the Colville River, AK.  As far as the known southern
range for multis, they are known from the Early K of Morocco (Hahnodon
taqueti), the Late K of Baja California (Stygimys sp., Mesodma cf.
formosa, 1 unnamed taxon), possibly Argentina (unnamed taxon formerly
referred to the gondwanatherian Ferugliotherium. It's based on a jaw
with a bladelike p4), and possibly Madagascar (unnamed).

G

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Gregory P. Wilson
Curator of Vertebrate Paleontology
Department of Earth Sciences
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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Denver, Colorado 80205

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ken Carpenter 
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 4:46 PM
> To: Gregory P. Wilson
> Subject: FW: Multituberculates
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> Can you answer
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dinosaur@usc.edu [mailto:owner-dinosaur@usc.edu] 
> On Behalf Of Phil Bigelow
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:52 PM
> To: dinosaur@usc.edu
> Subject: Multituberculates
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> How far north/south have multituberculates been found?  Have 
> any been found in Alaska's Colville River sites?  The 
> southern Australia sites?
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> Multituberculates were small, peculiar, dominantly Mesozoic mammals. 
> Some lineages passed through the K-T boundary and finally 
> went extinct in the (?)Oligocene.  I am curious if any 
> pre-K-T taxa were cold climate-adapted.
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