Boffius
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Boffius Temporal range: Danian
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Family: | †Boffiidae |
Genus: | †Boffius |
Species: | †B. splendidus
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Binomial name | |
†Boffius splendidus , 1979
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Boffius is a genus of mammal from the Paleocene of Europe, which was named by in 1979. It is a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata.
Boffius lies within the suborder Cimolodonta and is the only known member of the family Boffiidae (Hahn & Hahn, 1983). The species Boffius splendidus is known from the Lower Paleocene found in Hainaut, Belgium. It was a relatively large multituberculate.
References[]
Further reading[]
- Vianey-Liaud (1979), "Les Mammifères montiens de Hainin (Paléocene moyen de Belgique). Part I, Multituberculés". Palaeovertebrata 9, p. 117-131.
- 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 [1] MESOZOIC MAMMALS; 'basal' Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.
- E. De Bast, B. Sigé, and T. Smith. 2012. Diversity of the adapisoriculid mammals from the early Palaeocene of Hainin, Belgium. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 57(1):35-52
Categories:
- Cimolodonts
- Danian genera
- Paleocene mammals of Europe
- Paleogene Belgium
- Fossils of Belgium
- Fossil taxa described in 1979
- Prehistoric mammal genera