Ecprepaulax

Ecprepaulax

Taxobox
name = "Ecprepaulax"
fossil_range = Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Multituberculata
familia = Pinheirodontidae
genus = "Ecprepaulax"
species = "E. sp"
binomial = "Ecprepaulax sp."
binomial_authority = Hahn & Hahn, 1999

"Ecprepaulax" is a Lower Cretaceous mammal from Portugal. It was a member of the also extinct order Multituberculata and shared the world with dinosaurs. It lies within the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and family Pinheirodontidae.

The genus "Ecprepaulax" was named by Hahn G. and Hahn R. in 1999 based on a single species dubbed "Ecprepaulax sp." Fossil remains were found in Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) strata in Portugal. The species is a multituberculate mammal within the informal suborder of "Plagiaulacida".

References

*Hahn & Hahn (1999), Pinheirodontidae n. fam. (Multituberculata) (Mammalia) aus der tiefen Unter-Kreide Portugals. Palaeontographica A, 253, p.77-222.
*Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". "Paleontology" 44, p.389-429.
*Much of this information has been derived from [http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/plagiau.htm] MESOZOIC MAMMALS: Basal Multituberculata, an Internet directory.


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