Pinheirodontidae

Pinheirodontidae Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	† Multituberculata
Suborder:	† Plagiaulacida
Family:	† Pinheirodontidae Hahn and Hahn, 1999
Genera
Pinheirodon Bernardodon Bructerodon Cambelodon Ecprepaulax Gerhardodon Iberodon Lavocatia Cantalera Teutonodon

Pinheirodontidae is a poorly known family of fossil mammals which belong to the informal suborder "Plagiaulacida" within the order Multituberculata. Remains are known from the Late Jurassic to Early Cretaceous of Europe (predominantly Portugal and Spain), but are so far restricted to isolated teeth, as well as a single lower jaw. ^[1] The family Pinheirodontidae was named by Hahn G. and Hahn R. in 1999, after the locality of Porto Dinheiro, in central west Portugal.

Their closest relatives are believed to be Paulchoffatiidae. Cladogram after Carvalho et al. 2025 ^[1]

Multituberculata	Pinheirodontidae Paulchoffatiidae Glirodon Ctenacodon Zofiabaatar Bolodon Plagiaulax Eobaataridae Arginbaatar Cimolodonta

References

1. Carvalho, Victor F.; Camilo, Bruno; Araújo, Ricardo; Castro, Lígia; Kullberg, José C.; Desmet, Hilde G. B.; Nerinckx, Ignace; Leite, Marco; Reis, Diego (March 2025). "Cambelodon torreensis , a new pinheirodontid multituberculate from the Upper Jurassic of western Portugal" . Papers in Palaeontology. 11 (2). doi:10.1002/spp2.70012. ISSN   2056-2799.

• Hahn & Hahn (1999), "Pinheirodontidae n. fam. (Multituberculata) (Mammalia) aus der tiefen Unter-Kreide Portugals". Palaeontographica Abt. A Vol. 253, pp. 77–222.
  (Pinheirodontidae n. fam. (Multituberculata) (Mammalia) from the deepest Lower Cretaceous of Portugal).
• Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology44, p. 389-429.
• Much of this information has been derived from MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Basal Multituberculata, an Internet directory.