Djadochtatheriidae is a family of fossil mammals within the extinct order Multituberculata. Remains are known from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia. These animals lived during the Mesozoic, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs."
Multituberculates have traditionally been depicted as herbivores. This is too simplistic however, and they’re increasingly termed herbivores and omnivores. The Kryptobaatar, for example, ate small Mesozoic lizards. This family is part of the suborder of Cimolodonta. The taxon Djadochtatheriidae was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. in 1997.
References
- Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (1997), Djadochtatheria: a new suborder of multituberculate mammals. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 42(2), p 201-242
- Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
- Much of this information has been derived from MESOZOIC MAMMALS (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/djado.htm) Djadochtatherioidea, an Internet directory.
