Cernaysia

Cernaysia
Temporal range: Paleocene
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Multituberculata
Family: †Neoplagiaulacidae
Genus: †Cernaysia
Species
  • C. davidi
  • C. manueli

Cernaysia is an extinct genus of mammal from the Paleocene of France and the United States. It existed in the age immediately following the extinction of the last dinosaurs. This animal was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta and family Neoplagiaulacidae.

The genus Cernaysia ("from Cernay") was named by Vianey-Liaud M. in 1986 based on two species. It has also been known as Carnaysia.

Fossil remains of the species Cernaysia davidi (Vianey-Liaud M. 1986) were found in Puercan (Lower Paleocene) strata of the San Juan Basin of New Mexico, (United States). Remains of the species Cernaysia manueli (Vianey-Liaud M. 1986) were found in Upper Paleocene strata from Cernay, France.

References

  • Vianey-Liaud (1986), Les Multituberculés Thanétiens de France, et leurs rapports avec les Multituberculés Nord-Américains. Palaeontogr. Abt. A: Paläozool. Stratigr. 191 p. 85-171, 3 plates.
  • Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.
  • Much of this information has been derived from [1] Archived 2009-12-28 at the Wayback Machine MESOZOIC MAMMALS: Ptilodontoidea, an Internet directory.