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Plesiochoffatia

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Paulchoffatiidae

Taxonomy

Plesiochoffatia was named by Hahn and Hahn (1999).

It was assigned to Paulchoffatiinae by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Species

Parachoffatia peparethos, Parachoffatia staphylos, P. peperethos, P. staphylos, P. thoas

Synonyms

Parachoffatia was named by Hahn and Hahn (1998). Its type is Parachoffatia thoas.

It was replaced with Plesiochoffatia by Hahn and Hahn (1999), Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

It was assigned to Paulchoffatiidae by Hahn and Hahn (1998).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1998	Parachoffatia Hahn and Hahn p. 73
1999	Plesiochoffatia Hahn and Hahn p. 156
2001	Plesiochoffatia Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum p. 413
2004	Plesiochoffatia Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 308 figs. 8.28, 8.31B

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Deuterostomia
phylum	Chordata	Haeckel 1874
subphylum	Vertebrata
superclass	Gnathostomata
—	Osteichthyes	()
subclass	Sarcopterygii	()
subclass	Dipnotetrapodomorpha	(Nelson 2006)
subclass	Tetrapodomorpha	()
—	Tetrapoda
—	Reptiliomorpha
—	Anthracosauria

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Amphibiosauria	Kuhn 1967
—	Cotylosauria	()
—	Amniota
subclass	Synapsida
—	Therapsida	()
infraorder	Cynodontia	()
—	Mammaliamorpha
—	Mammaliaformes
class	Mammalia
—	Allotheria	()
order	Multituberculata	Cope 1884
family	Paulchoffatiidae	Hahn 1969
subfamily	Paulchoffatiinae
genus	Plesiochoffatia

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.

G. †Plesiochoffatia Hahn and Hahn 1999

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†Plesiochoffatia peperethos Hahn and Hahn 1998

†Plesiochoffatia staphylos Hahn and Hahn 1998

†Plesiochoffatia thoas Hahn and Hahn 1998

Invalid names: Parachoffatia Hahn and Hahn 1998 [replaced]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

phosphaticsubp

Environment:

terrestrialc

Locomotion:

actively mobilec

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

References: Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Bathonian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 167.70000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Germany	Parachoffatia sp. (62257)
Late/Upper Bathonian	167.7 - 164.7	Switzerland	Parachoffatia sp. (193321 193322)
Kimmeridgian	157.3 - 152.1	Portugal (Leiria)	Parachoffatia peperethos, Parachoffatia thoas, Parachoffatia staphylos (24563)