Meketichoffatia
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Meketichoffatia was a small mammal from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. It was a relatively early member of the extinct order Multituberculata. It lived at the same time as dinosaurs such as Allosaurus. It's within the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and family Paulchoffatiidae.
| Meketichoffatia Temporal range: Late Jurassic | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Family: | †Paulchoffatiidae |
| Genus: | †Meketichoffatia |
| Species: | †M. krausei |
| Binomial name | |
| †Meketichoffatia krausei Hahn G., 1993 | |
The genus Meketichoffatia was named by Hahn G. in 1993 based on a single species. Fossil remains of the species Meketichoffatia krausei consisting of two upper jaws were found in Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic)-age Camadas de Guimarota of Guimarota, Portugal.
- Hahn (1993), "The systematic arrangement of the Paulchoffatiidae (Multituberculata) revisited". Geol. Paleontol. 27, p. 201-214.
- Hahn G & Hahn R (2000), "Multituberculates from the Guimarota mine", p. 97-107 in Martin T & Krebs B (eds), "Guimarota - A Jurassic Ecosystem", Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil, München.
- 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 Multituberculata (Cope 1884).
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