Bathmochoffatia
Bathmochoffatia is an extinct mammal of the Upper Jurassic. It was a relatively early member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata. It lived in Portugal at about the same time as the far more famous dinosaur, Allosaurus.
Genus: Bathmochoffatia Hahn G & Hahn R, 1998
Species: Bathmochoffatia hapax Hahn G & Hahn R, 1998
Page references: 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.
(This information has been derived from [1] (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/multis.htm) Multituberculata Cope, 1884. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. Trevor Dykes)
Bathmochoffatia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Therapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Paulchoffatiidae
Genus: Bathmochoffatia Species
B. hapax
Ref.
(For the more technically inclined, suborder "Plagiaulacida", family Paulchoffatiidae.)
Place: Guimarota
Country: Portugal
Age: Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic
Remarks: As of writing, (April 2003), remains consist of a solitary molar; one cheek tooth.
Reference: Hahn & Hahn 1998), Neue Beobachtungen an Plagiaulacoidea (Multituberculata) des Ober-Juras. 3. Der Bau der Molaren bei den Paulchoffatiidae. Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, E, 28, p.39-84.
(New observations on Plagiaulacoidea (Multituberculata) of the Upper Jurassic. 3. The construction of the molars of Paulchoffatiidae.)
Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, p.389-429.