Nidimys

Name: Nidimys.
Phonetic: Ne-dim-iss.
Named By: J.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Hunter,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Heinrich‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Weishampel‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Mammalia,‭ ‬Multituberculata,‭ ‬Neoplagiaulacidae.
Species: N.‭ ‬occultus‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: ‬Insectivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: USA,‭ ‬Montana‭ ‬-‭ ‬St.‭ ‬Mary River Formation.
Time period: Maastrichtian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

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

Further reading
-‭ ‬Mammals from the St.‭ ‬Mary River Formation‭ (‬Upper Cretaceous‭)‬,‭ ‬Montana.‭ ‬-‭ ‬Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology‭ ‬30‭(‬3‭)‬:885-898.‭ ‬-‭ ‬J.‭ ‬P.‭ ‬Hunter,‭ ‬R.‭ ‬E.‭ ‬Heinrich‭ & ‬D.‭ ‬B.‭ ‬Weishampel‭ ‬-‭ ‬2010.

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