Kimbetopsalis

Kimbetopsalis simmonsae; Temporal range: - Middle Puercan, 65 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Multituberculata
Superfamily:	Taeniolabidoidea
Family:	Taeniolabididae
Genus:	Kimbetopsalis
Species:	K. simmonsae; Williamson, 2015[1]

Kimbetopsalis simmonsae was an ancient mammal (a multituberculate) which was first discovered in 2015.[2][3]

References

Willamson, T.E.; Brusatte, S.L.; Secord, R.; Shelley, S (2015), "A new taeniolabidoid multituberculate (Mammalia) from the middle Puercan of the Nacimiento Formation, New Mexico, and a revision of taeniolabidoid systematics and phylogeny", Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 177: 183–208, doi:10.1111/zoj.12336
Gill, Victoria (2015-10-05). "Newly discovered mammal species survived dinosaur extinction - BBC News". BBC News. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
Fossil find: UNL undergraduate discovers new mammal species, University of Nebraska–Lincoln, retrieved October 5, 2015

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