Liaobaatar

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Liaobaatar
Temporal range: Aptian–Albian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Eobaataridae
Genus: Liaobaatar
Kusuhasi et al., 2009
Species:
L. changi
Binomial name
Liaobaatar changi
Kusuhasi et al., 2009

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[edit]

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[edit]

  1. ^ 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.