Mammalia - Multituberculata - Plagiaulacidae

Alternative combination: Plagiaulax becclesii

Synonym: Plagiaulax medius Owen 1871

Belongs to Plagiaulax according to O. P. Hay 1930

See also Clemens and Kielan-Jaworowska 1979, Hahn 1971, Hay 1902, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004, Owen 1859, Owen 1871 and Simpson 1928

Sister taxa: none

Type specimens:

• Plagiaulax becklesii: BMNH 47731, a mandible (partial right mandible). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.
• Plagiaulax medius: BMNH 47728, a mandible (left mandible). Its type locality is Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83), which is in a Berriasian marine horizon in the Lulworth Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: arboreal herbivore

Distribution: found only at Mammal Bed, Durlston Bay (DB83)

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.