Bolodon crassidens Owen 1871 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae

Full reference: R. Owen. 1871. Monograph of the fossil Mammalia of the Mesozoic formations. 24(110):vi-115

Belongs to Bolodon according to Z. Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Hahn 1971 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: Bolodon elongatus, Bolodon falconeri, Bolodon hydei, Bolodon minor, Bolodon osborni

Type specimen: BMNH 47735, a partial skull (right maxilla and premaxilla). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)

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