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Meketibolodon is an extinct mammal of the Upper Jurassic. It was a relatively early member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata. This critter lived in Portugal during 'the age of the dinosaurs'.
(For the more technically inclined, suborder "Plagiaulacida", family Paulchoffatiidae.)
Genus: Meketibolodon Hahn G, 1993
?'no longer Bolodon'
Remarks: "Meketibolodon Hahn 1993 is distinguished from the other genera..." (of Paulchoffatiidae) "...by two characters: the tooth row is significantly convexly curved upwards, and the Corpus manibulae has angled margins ventrally (Hahn & Hahn 1998b). The incisor is more strongly curved than it is the case in Paulchoffatia, and its root is longer. The Corpus mandibulae is similarly massive to that in Paulchoffatia", (Hahn & Hahn 2000, p.105). This Corpus mandibulae thing is the bit of the lower jaw beneath the tooth row.
A handy Greek dictionary offers a translation of meketi as 'no longer'.
Species: Meketibolodon robustus (Hahn G, 1978)
Place: Guimarota
Country: Portugal
Age: Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic
Remarks: Based on lower jaws; nine specimens.
References: Hahn G (1978), Neue Unterkiefer von Multituberculaten aus dem Malm Portugals. Geologica et Palaeontologica 12, p.177-212.
(A new multituberculate lower jaw from the Malm of Portugal.)
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] Multituberculata Cope, 1884. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. Trevor Dykes)