Kielanodon
| Kielanodon Temporal range:Late Jurassic
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Family: | †Paulchoffatiidae |
| Genus: | †Kielanodon G. Hahn, 1987 |
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K. hopsoni | |
Kielanodonis anextinctmammalof thePortugueseUpperJurassic.It was a relatively early member of the also extinctorderofMultituberculata.It eked out a living during theMesozoicera, also known as the "Age of theDinosaurs."It is in thesuborderPlagiaulacida,familyPaulchoffatiidae.
The genusKielanodon,meaning "Kielan’s tooth" after Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska, was named by Hahn G. in 1987. The main species,Kielanodon hopsoni,also named by Hahn, is known from fossils found in the Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic)-age strata of Guimarota,Portugal.The identification is based on three upper jaws.
References
[edit]- Hahn (1987),Neue Beobachtungen zum Schädel- und Gebiss-Bau der Paulchoffatiidae (Multituberculata, Ober-Jura).Paleovertebrata17 p. 155-196, 5 plates.
(New observations on the skull and jaw constructions in Paulchoffatiidae (Multituberculata,Upper Jurassic)).
- 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 & Hurum JH (2001),Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals.Paleontology44, p. 389-429.
- Much of this information has been derived from[1]Multituberculata Cope, 1884.
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