Pinheirodontidae

Pinheirodontidae; Temporal range: Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification
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

Bolodon

	Arginbaatar

	Cimolodonta

References

^ ^a ^b 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". Paleontology 44, p. 389-429.
Much of this information has been derived from [1] MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Basal Multituberculata, an Internet directory.