Bathmochoffatia

Bathmochoffatia is an extinct mammal of the Upper Jurassic. It was a relatively early member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata. It lived in Portugal at about the same time as the far more famous dinosaur, Allosaurus.
(For the more technically inclined, suborder "Plagiaulacida", family Paulchoffatiidae.)

Genus: Bathmochoffatia Hahn G & Hahn R, 1998

Species: Bathmochoffatia hapax Hahn G & Hahn R, 1998
Place: Guimarota
Country: Portugal
Age: Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic
Remarks: As of writing, (April 2003), remains consist of a solitary molar; one cheek tooth.
Reference: Hahn & Hahn 1998), Neue Beobachtungen an Plagiaulacoidea (Multituberculata) des Ober-Juras. 3. Der Bau der Molaren bei den Paulchoffatiidae. Berliner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, E, 28, p.39-84.
(New observations on Plagiaulacoidea (Multituberculata) of the Upper Jurassic. 3. The construction of the molars of Paulchoffatiidae.)

Page references: Hahn G & Hahn R (2000), Multituberculates from the Guimarota mine, p.97-107 in Martin T & Krebs B (eds), Guimarota - A Jurassic Ecosystem, Verlag Dr Friedrich Pfeil, München.
Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, p.389-429.

(This information has been derived from [1] (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/multis.htm) Multituberculata Cope, 1884. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. Trevor Dykes)