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Plagiaulacidae
Taxonomy
Plagiaulacidae was named by Gill (1872). It is not extant. Its type is Plagiaulax. It was considered monophyletic by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001).
It was assigned to Mammalia by Marsh (1887); to Multituberculata by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Allotheria by Marsh (1880) and Hay (1902); to Plagiaulacoidae by Hay (1930); to Plagiaulacoidea by Huene (1940); to Multituberculata by Lydekker (1894), Patterson (1956), Clemens (1963) and Clemens and Lees (1971); to Plagiaulacida by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Plagiaulacoidea by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Hahn (1971), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Carpenter (1998) and Cifelli et al. (2014).
It was assigned to Mammalia by Marsh (1887); to Multituberculata by Flower and Lydekker (1891); to Allotheria by Marsh (1880) and Hay (1902); to Plagiaulacoidae by Hay (1930); to Plagiaulacoidea by Huene (1940); to Multituberculata by Lydekker (1894), Patterson (1956), Clemens (1963) and Clemens and Lees (1971); to Plagiaulacida by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004); and to Plagiaulacoidea by Simpson (1928), Simpson (1929), Hahn (1971), Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska (1979), McKenna and Bell (1997), Carpenter (1998) and Cifelli et al. (2014).
Subtaxa
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1872 | Plagiaulacidae Gill |
| 1880 | Plagiaulacidae Marsh p. 239 |
| 1887 | Chirogidae Cope p. 874 |
| 1887 | Plagiaulacidae Marsh p. 329 |
| 1887 | Bolodontidae Osborn p. 3 |
| 1889 | Chirogidae Cope p. 874 |
| 1891 | Plagiaulacidae Flower and Lydekker p. 88 |
| 1894 | Bolodontidae Lydekker p. 283 |
| 1894 | Plagiaulacidae Lydekker p. 284 |
| 1902 | Bolodontidae Hay p. 557 |
| 1902 | Plagiaulacidae Hay p. 558 |
| 1928 | Plagiaulacidae Simpson p. 32 |
| 1929 | Plagiaulacidae Simpson p. 11 |
| 1930 | Plagiaulacidae Hay p. 376 |
| 1940 | Plagiaulacidae Huene p. 9 |
| 1956 | Plagiaulacidae Patterson p. 9 |
| 1963 | Plagiaulacidae Clemens p. 59 |
| 1971 | Plagiaulacidae Clemens and Lees p. 122 |
| 1971 | Plagiaulacidae Hahn p. 35 |
| 1979 | Plagiaulacidae Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska p. 101 |
| 1997 | Plagiaulacidae McKenna and Bell |
| 1998 | Plagiaulacidae Carpenter p. 394 |
| 2001 | Plagiaulacidae Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 414 |
| 2004 | Plagiaulacidae Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 254, 314 |
| 2014 | Plagiaulacidae Cifelli et al. |
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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.
Fm. †Plagiaulacidae Gill 1872
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G. †Bolodon Owen 1871
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†Bolodon crassidens Owen 1871
†Bolodon elongatus Simpson 1928
†Bolodon falconeri Owen 1871
†Bolodon hydei Cifelli et al. 2014
†Bolodon minor Falconer 1857
†Bolodon osborni Simpson 1928
Invalid names: Plioprion Cope 1884 [synonym]
G. †Plagiaulax Falconer 1857
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Invalid names: Bolodontidae Osborn 1887 [synonym], Plagiaulacinae Gill 1872 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range: base of the Rhaetian to the top of the Torrejonian or 208.50000 to 60.90000 Ma
Collections (17 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Rhaetian | Germany (Baden-Württemberg) | Bolodon sp. (194663) | |
| Kimmeridgian - Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Plagiaulacidae indet. (12816 39431) | |
| Tithonian | USA (Wyoming) | Plagiaulacidae indet. (39426 39427 39429) | |
| Early/Lower Berriasian - Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Bolodon sp., P. sp., Bolodon osborni (28401) | |
| Middle Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Bolodon crassidens, Bolodon osborni, Bolodon elongatus, Plioprion minor, Plagiaulax becklesii, Plagiaulax falconeri, Plagiaulax medius (72142) | |
| Berriasian | United Kingdom (England) | Plagiaulax sp. (77058) | |
| Late/Upper Berriasian - Late/Upper Valanginian | USA (South Dakota) | Bolodon hydei (135449) | |
| Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian | Mongolia (Övörkhangai Aymag) | Plagiaulacidae indet. (77191) | |
| Early/Lower Cenomanian | USA (Utah) | Multituberculata indet. (14396) Plagiaulacidae indet. (14398 14401 14402 14403) | |
| Torrejonian | USA (New Mexico) | Plagiaulacidae indet. (14813) |