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Meketibolodon robustus

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Paulchoffatiidae

Taxonomy
Pseudobolodon robustus was named by Hahn (1978). Its type specimen is V.J. 408-155, a 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.

It was recombined as Meketibolodon robustus by Hahn (1993), Hahn and Hahn (1998) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1978Pseudobolodon robustus Hahn
1993Meketibolodon robustus Hahn p. 204
1998Meketibolodon robustus Hahn and Hahn p. 11 figs. figs 1-10 & plates 1-2
2004Meketibolodon robustus Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 307-308

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
familyPaulchoffatiidaeHahn 1969
subfamilyPaulchoffatiinae
genusMeketibolodon
speciesrobustus(Hahn 1978)

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.

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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: Carroll 1988, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973, 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) Pseudobolodon robustus (type locality: 24563)