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".
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| Genus: | Uzbekbaatar
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| Species: | U. kizylkumensis
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| Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis | |
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.
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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