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Krauseia

Krauseia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Therapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Superfamily: Ptilodontoidea
Family: Neoplagiaulacidae
Genus: Krauseia
Species
  K. clemensi

Ref.

Krauseia is a small mammal from the Paleocene of North America. It was a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata.
For those of a technical inclination, it's within the Suborder of Cimolodonta, family Neoplagiaulacidae.

Genus: Krauseia Vianey-Liaud M, 1986
Aka: Parectypodus (partly)
Remarks: McKenna & Bell (1997) cites material from the Paleocene and Eocene of Europe.
Reference: Vianey-Liaud (1986), Les Multituberculés Thanétiens de France, et leurs rapports avec les Multituberculés Nord-Américains. Palaeontogr. Abt. A: Paläozool. Stratigr. 191 p.85-171, 3 plates.

Species: Krauseia clemensi (Sloan RE, 1981)
Aka: Parectypodus clemensi Sloan RE, 1981
Place: San Juan Basin, New Mexico & Wyoming
Country: USA
Age: Torrejonian, Paleocene
Remarks: An approximate weight for P. clemensi is one standard mouse, 25g.
Reference: Sloan (1981), Systematics of Paleocene multituberculates from the San Juan Basin, New Mexico, p. 127-160, in Lucas et al (eds), Advances in San Juan Basin paleontology. University of New Mexico Press, Alberquerque.

Page reference: 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/ptilodon.htm) MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Ptilodontoidea, an internet directory. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. Trevor Dykes)



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