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Plesiochoffatia thoas

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Paulchoffatiidae

Taxonomy
Parachoffatia thoas was named by Hahn and Hahn (1998). Its type specimen is IPFUB th (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. It is the type species of Parachoffatia.

It was recombined as Plesiochoffatia thoas by Hahn and Hahn (1999) and Kielan-Jaworowska et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1998Parachoffatia thoas Hahn and Hahn p. 73 figs. 41-43
1999Plesiochoffatia thoas Hahn and Hahn p. 156
2004Plesiochoffatia thoas Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 253, 308 figs. 8.28, 8.31B

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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
genusPlesiochoffatia
speciesthoas()

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.

†Plesiochoffatia thoas Hahn and Hahn 1998
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available