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Parachoffatia staphylos

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Paulchoffatiidae

Taxonomy
Parachoffatia staphylos was named by Hahn and Hahn (1998). Its type specimen is IPFUB st (m2)-1, a tooth (isolated left m2), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Guimarota, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal coal in the Alcobaça Formation of Portugal.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. peperethos

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Parachoffatia staphylos Hahn and Hahn pp. 75-76 fig. 44

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Eugnathostomata
—Teleostomi(Bonaparte 1836)
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
familyPaulchoffatiidaeHahn 1969
subfamilyPaulchoffatiinae
genusParachoffatia
speciesstaphylos

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Parachoffatia staphylos Hahn and Hahn 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilep
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum, p = phylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Leiria) Parachoffatia staphylos (type locality: 24563)