Nuurtherium

Nuurtherium
Temporal range: Upper Jurassic
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Clade: Synapsida
Clade: Therapsida
Clade: Cynodontia
Family: Tritylodontidae
Genus: Nuurtherium
Velazco et al., 2017
Type species
Nuurtherium baruunensis
Velazco et al., 2017

Nuurtherium is an extinct genus of tritylodontid cynodonts of the Late Jurassic Ulan Malgait Formation of Mongolia. It contains a single species, N. baruunensis, named by Paúl Velazco and colleagues in 2017.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Velazco, P.M.; Buczek, A.J.; Novacek, M.J. (2017). "Two new tritylodontids (Synapsida, Cynodontia, Mammaliamorpha) from the Upper Jurassic, southwestern Mongolia". American Museum Novitates (3874): 1–35. doi:10.1206/3874.1. hdl:2246/6698. S2CID 58895088.