Corriebaatar
Corriebaatar Temporal range: Aptian
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Three views of the holotype tooth | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Suborder: | †Cimolodonta |
Family: | †Corriebaataridae Rich et al., 2009 |
Genus: | †Corriebaatar Rich et al., 2009 |
Species: | †C. marywaltersae
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Binomial name | |
†Corriebaatar marywaltersae Rich et al., 2009
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Corriebaatar is the type and only genus of Corriebaataridae, a family of multituberculate mammals. It contains the single species Corriebaatar marywaltersae and represents the first evidence of Australian multituberculates[1] Fossils found in the Wonthaggi Formation date back to the Aptian stage of the Early Cretaceous.
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References[]
- ^ Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P., Flannery, T.F., Kear, B.P., Cantrill, D.J., Komarower, P., Kool, L., Pickering, D., Trusler, P., Morton, S., van Klaveren, N., and Fitzgerald, E.M.G. 2009. An Australian multitubercular and its palaeobiogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1):1-6. [1]
Categories:
- Cimolodonts
- Fossil taxa described in 2009
- Aptian life
- Cretaceous mammals of Australia
- Prehistoric monotypic mammal genera
- Cretaceous mammal stubs