Parikimys

Pah-rik-em-iss.

By Benjamin Gutierrez

Published on September 11, 2012

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Name

Parikimys.

Phonetic

Pah-rik-em-iss.

Named By

G.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Wilson,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Dechesne‭ & ‬I.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Anderson‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

Classification

Chordata Mammalia,‭ ‬Multituberculata,‭ ‬Neoplagiaulacidae.

Diet

Omnivore‭?

Species

P.‭ ‬carpenteri‭

Size

Unavailable.

Known locations

USA,‭ ‬Colorado‭ ‬-‭ ‬Laramie Formation,‭ ‬Wyoming‭ ‬-‭ ‬Lance Formation.

Time Period

Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.

Fossil representation

Partial remains of a few individuals.

In Depth

Parikimys is a genus of multituberculatan mammal that lived in North America during the late Cretaceous.

-‭ ‬New latest Cretaceous mammals from northeastern Colorado with biochronologic and biogeographic implications.‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭(‬2‭)‬:499-520.‭ ‬-‭ ‬G.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Wilson,‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Dechesne‭ & ‬I.‭ ‬R.‭ ‬Anderson‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.- Latest Cretaceous multituberculate of the Black Butte Station local fauna (Lance Formation, southwest Wyoming), with implications for compositional differences among mammalian local fauna of the Western interior. – Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 33 (3): 677–695.- Shelly L. Donohue, Gregory P. Wilson & Brent H. Breithaupt – 2013.

Parikimys

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