Meketibolodon


Meketibolodon is a genus of extinct mammal from the Kimmeridgian Camadas de Guimarota of Guimarota, Portugal. It was a relatively early member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, suborder Plagiaulacida, family Paulchoffatiidae. The genus was named by Hahn G. in 1993 based on nine specimens of lower jaw. The type species is Pseudobolodon robustus Hahn 1978.
"Meketibolodon is distinguished from the other genera by two characters: the tooth row is significantly convexly curved upwards, and the corpus mandibulae has angled margins ventrally. 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". The corpus mandibulae is the part of the lower jaw beneath the tooth row, and mekéti is Greek for 'no longer'.