Liaobaatar
Liaobaatar Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Family: | †Eobaataridae |
Genus: | †Liaobaatar Kusuhasi et al., 2009 |
Species: | †L. changi
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Binomial name | |
†Liaobaatar changi Kusuhasi et al., 2009
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Liaobaatar changi is a multituberculate which existed in China during the lower Cretaceous period.[1] It is the only species in the genus Liaobaatar.
Etymology[]
The name Liaobaatar indicates the site where the material referred to this genus has been discovered, the Province of Liaoning in China, plus the Mongolian suffix "baatar"= hero often used for multituberculates classification.
References[]
- ^ Nao Kusuhashi; Yaoming Hu; Yuanqing Wang; Takeshi Setoguchi; Hiroshige Matsuoka (2009). "Two eobaatarid (Multituberculata; Mammalia) genera from the Lower Cretaceous Shahai and Fuxin Formations, Northeastern China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 29 (4): 1264–1288. doi:10.1671/039.029.0433. S2CID 129371064.
Categories:
- Multituberculates
- Cretaceous mammals
- Fossil taxa described in 2009
- Prehistoric animals of China
- Prehistoric mammal genera
- Cretaceous mammal stubs