Boffius
Extinct family of mammals
title: "Boffius" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cimolodonta", "danian-genera", "paleocene-mammals-of-europe", "paleogene-belgium", "fossils-of-belgium", "fossil-taxa-described-in-1979", "monotypic-prehistoric-mammal-genera"] description: "Extinct family of mammals" topic_path: "general/cimolodonta" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boffius" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
::summary Extinct family of mammals ::
| name = Boffius | fossil_range = Danian ~ | taxon = Boffius splendidus | authority = Vianey-Liaud M., 1979
Boffius is a genus of mammal from the Paleocene of Europe, which was named by Vianey-Liaud M. in 1979. It is a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata.
Boffius lies within the suborder Cimolodonta and is the only known member of the family Boffiidae (Hahn & Hahn, 1983). The species Boffius splendidus is known from the Lower Paleocene Hainin Formation found in Hainaut, Belgium. It was a relatively large multituberculate. A 2021 study recovers it as part of Djadochtatherioidea.
References
References
- Smith, Thierry; Codrea, Vlad A.; Devillet, Ghéreint; Solomon, Alexandru A. (2021-09-24). "A New Mammal Skull from the Late Cretaceous of Romania and Phylogenetic Affinities of Kogaionid Multituberculates". Journal of Mammalian Evolution. 29: 1–26. doi:10.1007/s10914-021-09564-7. ISSN 1064-7554. S2CID 244194193.
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