DESCRIBER    Hahn, 1977
TIME    Jurassic Late
Kimmeridgian
CLASS    Mammalia
SUBCLASS    Allotheria
ORDER    Multituberculata
SUBORDER    Plagiaulacida
FAMILY    Paulchoffatiidae
SUBFAMILY    Paulchoffatiinae
FOSSILSITE    Guimarota Beds, Guimarota Coal Mine, Leira, Portugal
INFO
Type species by mono type. Genus based on upper dentition. Tooth formula 3.0.5.2. Differs from other Paulchoffatiinae genera based on upper dentition by loss of the canine (apomorphy) and by having central valley of M1 open posteriorly (plesiomorphy).