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Meketichoffatia was a small mammal from the Upper Jurassic of Portugal. It was a relatively early member of the extinct order of Multituberculata. It lived at the same time as dinosaurs such as Allosaurus.
(For the more technically inclined, suborder "Plagiaulacida", family Paulchoffatiidae.)
Genus: Meketichoffatia Hahn G, 1993
?'no longer for Choffat'
Species: Meketichoffatia krausei Hahn G, 1993
Place: Guimarota
Country: Portugal
Age: Kimmeridgian, Upper Jurassic
Remarks: The genus is known from two upper jaws.
Reference: Hahn (1993), The systematic arrangement of the Paulchoffatiidae (Multituberculata) revisited. Geol. Paleontol. 27, p.201-214.
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)