Ptilodontidae
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Baiotomeus
Kimbetohia
Prochetodon
Ptilodus
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Ptilodontidae is a family of mammals within the extinct order of multituberculates. Representatives are known from the Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene of North America.
The Ptilodontidae family was originally named Ptilodontinae and classified as a subfamily by Edward Drinker Cope, in 1887. It was amended by Gregory and Simpson in 1926 to its current status.
In addition, Cope mistakenly classifed the Ptilodus genus as a marsupial. He originally named it Chirox, and and placed it in the new family Chirogidae in 1887. Since it has been reclassifed, Chirogidae is now officially a synonym of Ptilodontidae.
References
- Edward Drinker Cope. (1887) The marsupial genus Chirox. American Naturalist 21, pg. 566–567.
- Z. Kielan-Jaworowska & J. H. Hurum. (2001) Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, pg. 389–429.
This information has been derived from MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Ptilodontoidea, an internet directory. There are no copyright issues because it was migrated by the original author.