Galveodon

Galveodon
Temporal range: Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: †Multituberculata
Family: †Paulchoffatiidae
Genus: †Galveodon
Species
  • G. nannothus

Galveodon is an extinct mammal of the Lower Cretaceous. It was a relatively early representative of the also extinct order of Multituberculata.

Genus: Galveodon (Hahn G & Hahn R, 1992)

Species: Galveodon nannothus (Hahn G & Hahn R, 1992) from the Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) Camarillas Formation of Galve, Spain. This species is represented by a tooth in the collection of the museum in Galve.

References

  • Hahn & Hahn (1992), Neue Multituberculates-Zähne aus der Unter-Kreide (Barremian) von Spanien (Galve und Una). Geologica et Parlaeontologica, 28, p. 143-162. (New multituberculate teeth from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremian) of Spain (Galve and Una).)
  • 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. and Hurum J.H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.
  • Much of this information has been derived from [1] Multituberculata Cope, 1884


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