Kogaionidae
| Kogaionidae | |
|---|---|
| Fossil | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Multituberculata |
| Family: | Kogaionidae |
| Genera | |
Kogaionidae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Representatives are known from the upper Cretaceous and the Paleocene of Europe.[1][2] This family is part of the suborder Cimolodonta. Other than that, their systematic relationships are hard to define.[3]
These small multituberculates were named by Rădulescu R. and Samson P. in 1996, who stated they
- "Share with Taeniolabidoidea the general shape of the skull, with anterior part of zygomatic arches directed roughly transversely and very short basicranial region, which gives the skull a square-like appearance, but differ from them in having a strongly elongated snout and different dentition," (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum 2001, p.418).
References
- Rădulescu and Samson (1996), "The first multituberculate skull from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of Europe (Hateg Basin, Romania)". Anuarul Institutului de Geologie al României, Supplement 1 69, p. 177-178.
- 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 MESOZOIC MAMMALS: "basal" Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.
- ↑ Campomanes, P. PelÁez; N. LÓpez-MartÍnez; M.A. Álvarez-Sierra; R. Daams (July 2000). "THE EARLIEST MAMMAL OF THE EUROPEAN PALEOCENE: THE MULTITUBERCULATE HAININA" (PDF). Journal of Paleontology 74 (4): 701–711. doi:10.1666/0022-3360(2000).
- ↑ Codrea, Vlad; Smith, Thierry; Dica, Paul; Folie, Annelise; Garcia, Géraldine; Godefroit, Pascal; Van Itterbeeck, Jimmy (2002). "Dinosaur egg nests, mammals and other vertebrates from a new Maastrichtian site of the Haţeg Basin (Romania)". Comptes Rendus Palevol 1 (3): 173–180. doi:10.1016/S1631-0683(02)00021-0. ISSN 1631-0683.
- ↑ Pereda-Suberbiola, Xabier (January 2009). "Biogeographical affinities of Late Cretaceous continental tetrapods of Europe: a review" (PDF). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France 180 (1): 57–71. doi:10.2113/gssgfbull.180.1.57.
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