Uzbekbaatar
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| Uzbekbaatar kizylkumensis 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.
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] (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/cimolod.htm) MESOZOIC MAMMALS: "basal" Cimolodonta, Cimolomyidae, Boffiidae and Kogaionidae, an Internet directory.