Neoplagiaulacidae

Neoplagiaulacidae

Neoplagiaulacidae

Extinct family of mammals

Neoplagiaulacidae is a family of mammal within the extinct order Multituberculata. Fossil remains are known from the Upper Cretaceous through to the latest Eocene/early Oligocene. Representatives have been found in North America, Europe and Asia. They are the last multituberculates known.[3]

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Neoplagiaulacinae (Ameghino 1890) has been seen as a sub-family within Ptilodontidae (Cope, 1887). 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. The family is part of the suborder of Cimolodonta within the superfamily of Ptilodontoidea.

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    Hunter, J. P; Heinrich, R. E. & Weishampel, D. B. (2010). "Mammals from the St. Mary River Formation (Upper Cretaceous), Montana". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (3): 885–898. doi:10.1080/02724631003763490. S2CID 128823128.
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    Wilson, G. P.; Dechesne, M. & Anderson, I. R. (2010). "New Late Cretaceous mammals from northeastern Colorado with biochronologic and biogeographic implications". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 30 (2): 499–520. doi:10.1080/02724631003620955. S2CID 92991955.
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    Karew Schumaker, Multituberculates from the Medicine Pole Hills Local Fauna (Chadronian) of Bowman County, North Dakota

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