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Galveodon

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Galveodon
Temporal range:Early Cretaceous
Scientific classificationEdit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Paulchoffatiidae
Genus: Galveodon
Species
  • G. nannothus

Galveodonis anextinctmammalof the LowerCretaceous.It was a relatively early representative of the also extinct order ofMultituberculata.

Genus:Galveodon(Hahn G & Hahn R, 1992)

Species:Galveodon nannothus(Hahn G & Hahn R, 1992) from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous)Camarillas FormationofGalve,Spain. This species is represented by a tooth in the collection of the museum in Galve.

References

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  • Hahn & Hahn (1992), Neue Multituberculates-Zähne aus der Unter-Kreide (Barremian) von Spanien (Galve und Una).Geologica et Parlaeontologica,28,p. 143-162.(New multituberculate teeth from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Spain (Galve and Una).)
  • Hahn G & Hahn R (2000), Multituberculates from the Guimarota mine, p. 97-107 in Martin T & Krebs B (eds), Guimarota - A Jurassic Ecosystem, Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil, München.
  • Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals".Paleontology44,p. 389-429.
  • Much of this information has been derived from[1]Multituberculata Cope, 1884