Ecprepaulax
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Ecprepaulax is a Lower Cretaceous mammal from Portugal. It was a member of the also extinct order Multituberculata and shared the world with dinosaurs. It lies within the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and family Pinheirodontidae.
Quick Facts Ecprepaulax Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Scientific classification ...
Ecprepaulax Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Family: | †Pinheirodontidae |
Genus: | †Ecprepaulax |
Species: | †E. anomala |
Binomial name | |
†Ecprepaulax anomala Hahn & Hahn, 1999 | |
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The genus Ecprepaulax was named by Hahn G. and Hahn R. in 1999 based on a single species Ecprepaulax anomala Fossil remains were found in Berriasian (Lower Cretaceous) strata in Portugal. The species is a multituberculate mammal within the informal suborder of "Plagiaulacida".