Plagiaulacida
Sign in to savePlagiaulacida is a group of extinct multituberculate mammals. Multituberculates were among the most common mammals of the Mesozoic, "the age of the dinosaurs". Plagiaulacids are a paraphyletic grouping, containing all multituberculates that lie outside of the advanced group Cimolodonta. They ranged from the Middle Jurassic Period to the early Late Cretaceous of the Northern Hemisphere. During the Cenomanian, they were replaced by the more advanced cimolodontans.
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- Multituberculata
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- taxon name
- Plagiaulacida
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- Allodontid line
- Paulchoffatiid line
- Plagiaulacid line (possibly Superfamily Plagiaulacoidea)
- Taxonomy
- Phylogeny
- References
Plagiaulacida is a group of extinct multituberculate mammals. Multituberculates were among the most common mammals of the Mesozoic, "the age of the dinosaurs". Plagiaulacids are a paraphyletic grouping, containing all multituberculates that lie outside of the advanced group Cimolodonta. They ranged from the Middle Jurassic Period to the early Late Cretaceous of the Northern Hemisphere. During the Cenomanian, they were replaced by the more advanced cimolodontans.
Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) divides "Plagiaulacida" into three informal lineages, the paulchoffatiids, the plagiaulicids, and the allodontids.
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