Neoplagiaulacidae
Neoplagiaulacidae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Remains are known from the Upper Cretaceous until the Eocene. Representatives have been found in North America, Europe and Asia.
Taxon: Neoplagiaulacidae Ameghino F, 1890
Page reference: Page reference: Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
(This information has been derived from [1] (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/ptilodon.htm) MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Ptilodontoidea, an internet directory. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. Trevor Dykes)
Neoplagiaulacidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Therapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Neoplagiaulacidae Genera
Neoplagiaulax
Cernaysia
Ectypodus
Krauseia
Mesodma
Mesodmops
Mimetodon
Parectypodus
Xanclomys
Xyronomys
Ref.
Neoplagiaulacinae Ameghino, 1890 has been seen as a sub-family within Ptilodontidae Cope, 1887, (McKenna & Bell, 1997). More recent thinking has it as a family. Synonyms are Ectypodidae Sloan & Van Valen, 1965 and Ectypodontidae Sloan & Van Valen, 1965. Most fossils are restricted to teeth.
For the technically minded, this family is part of the suborder of Cimolodonta, within the superfamily of Ptilodontoidea.
Reference: Ameghino (1890), Los plagiaulácidos Argentinos y sus relaciones zoológicas, geológicas y geográficas. Boletin del Instituto Geográfico Argentino, 11, p.143-208.