Boffius

Taxobox
name = "Boffius"
fossil_range = Paleocene
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Multituberculata
familia = Boffiidae
genus = "Boffius"
species = "B. splendidus"
binomial = "Boffius splendidus"
binomial_authority = Vianey-Liaud M., 1979

"Boffius" is a genus of mammal from the Paleocene of Europe. It is a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata. It lies within the suborder Cimolodonta and is the only known member of the family Boffiidae (Hahn & Hahn, 1983). The genus was named by Vianey-Liaud M. in 1979.

The species "Boffius splendidus" is known from Lower Paleocene remains found in Hainin, Belgium. It was a relatively large multituberculate.

References

* Vianey-Liaud (1979), "Les Mammifères montiens de Hainin (Paléocene moyen de Belgique). Part I, Multituberculés". "Palaeovertebrata" 9, p.117-131.
* 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/cimolod.htm] MESOZOIC MAMMALS; 'basal' Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.