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Paulchoffatia delgadoi

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Paulchoffatiidae

Taxonomy
Paulchoffatia delgadoi was named by Kuhne (1961). Its type specimen is V.J. 1-155, a mandible (left mandible), 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Paulchoffatia delgadoi Kuhne
1961Paulchoffatia delgadoi Kühne
1971Paulchoffatia delgadoi Hahn p. 37
1993Paulchoffatia delgadoi Hahn p. 203
1998Paulchoffatia delgadoi Hahn and Hahn p. 72
2004Paulchoffatia delgadoi Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 306-307

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
familyPaulchoffatiidaeHahn 1969
genusPaulchoffatiaKühne 1961
speciesdelgadoiKuhne 1961

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.

†Paulchoffatia delgadoi Kuhne 1961
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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: Hopson 1973, Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 157.30000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal (Leiria) Paulchoffatia delgadoi (type locality: 24563)