Uzbekbaatar

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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Uzbekbaatar | status = Conservation status: Fossil | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Mammalia | ordo = Multituberculata | subordo = Cimolodonta | genus = Uzbekbaatar | species = U. kizylkumensis | binomial = Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis | binomial_authority = Kielan-Jaworowska & Nessov, 1992 }}

Uzbekbaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of Uzbekistan. It was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta, though its further affinities are unclear. The genus was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Nessov L.A. in 1992 and means "Uzbek hero".

The one species named by Kielan-Jaworowska and Nessov is Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis, found in the Upper Cretaceous strata of Uzbekistan. A second species was also apparently described by Averianov in 1999.

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References

  • Kielan-Jaworowska and Nessov (1992), "Multituberculate mammals from the Cretaceous of Uzbekistan". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 37, p.1-17.
  • Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Hurum J.H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
  • Much of this information has been derived from [1] MESOZOIC MAMMALS: "basal" Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.
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