Mammalia - Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae
Synonyms: Bolodontidae Osborn 1887, Chirogidae Cope 1887
Parent taxon: Plagiaulacoidea according to R. L. Cifelli et al. 2014
See also Carpenter 1998, Clemens 1963, Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Clemens and Lees 1971, Cope 1889, Flower and Lydekker 1891, Hahn 1971, Hay 1902, Hay 1930, Huene 1940, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum 2001, Lydekker 1894, Marsh 1880, Marsh 1887, McKenna and Bell 1997, Patterson 1956, Simpson 1928 and Simpson 1929
Sister taxa: Albionbaataridae, Allodontoidea, Argillomys, Gondwanatherioidea, Iberica, Janumys, Paulchoffatioidea, Pinheirodontidae, Polymastodontidae
Subtaxa: Bolodon Plagiaulacinae Plagiaulax
Type: Plagiaulax
Ecology: arboreal herbivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (1: New Mexico collection)
• Cretaceous of Mongolia (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (6: South Dakota, Utah)
• Jurassic of United States (5: Wyoming)
• Triassic of Germany (1)
Total: 17 collections including 25 occurrences