Novaculadon mirabilis Weston et al. 2025 (multituberculate)

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae

Full reference: B. T. Weston, S. C. Sweetman, J. Kean, C. Wood, D. M. Martill and R. E. Smith. 2025. A new multituberculate (Mammalia, Allotheria) from the Lulworth Formation (Cretaceous, Berriasian) of Dorset, England. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association 101128

Belongs to Novaculadon according to B. T. Weston et al. 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: NHMUK PV M 119716, a mandible (complete left dentary containing the incisor, premolars 2–4, with alveoli for molars 1–2). Its type locality is Durlston Bay (DB87), which is in a Berriasian/Berriasian lagoonal marl in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Durlston Bay (DB87)

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