Pinheirodon pygmaeus Hahn and Hahn 1999 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Pinheirodontidae

Full reference: G. Hahn and R. Hahn. 1999. Pinheirodontidae n. fam. (Multituberculata) (Mammalia) aus der tiefen Unter-Kreide Portugals. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 253(4-6):77-222

Belongs to Pinheirodon according to Hahn and Hahn 1999

Sister taxon: Pinheirodon vastus

Type specimen: PP MULT 47 (holotype), and paratypes, a tooth (left m2). Its type locality is Porto Pinheiro, Lourinha, which is in a Kimmeridgian estuary/bay marl/mudstone in the Lourinhã Formation of Portugal.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Porto Pinheiro, Lourinha

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