Bubodens
Extinct species of mammal
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Bubodens magnus is a poorly understood, extinct multituberculate mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of South Dakota. It is known only from a single tooth, and has uncertain placement within the suborder Cimolodonta though has been tentatively argued to belong to Taeniolabidoidea.[3] Based on the dimensions of its molar, this species was estimated to have weighed around 5.25 kilograms (11.6 lb).[4]
| Bubodens | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | †Multituberculata |
| Suborder: | †Cimolodonta |
| Superfamily: | †Taeniolabidoidea |
| Genus: | †Bubodens Wilson, 1987[1] |
| Species: | †B. magnus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Bubodens magnus Wilson, 1987[2] | |