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Kryptobaatar is a mammal genus known from the Upper Cretaceous of Central Asia. It lived alongside some of the dinosaurs. This animal was a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata. It lies within the suborder Cimolodonta, and a member of the family Djadochtatheriidae.
Genus: Kryptobaatar Kielan-Jaworowska Z, 1970
"hidden hero" (Greek: kryptos, hidden, and Mongolian: baatar, hero or athlete). Also known as Gobiaatar, Gobibaatar ("Gobi hero") (Kielan-Jaworowska Z, 1970); Tugrigbaatar (Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Dashzeveg D, 1978). "Gobibaatar has page priority but was selected as the junior synonym by Kielan-Jaworowska in 1980," (McKenna & Bell, 1997).
Species: Kryptobaatar dashzevegi (Kielan-Jaworowska Z, 1970)
Place: Djadokhta Formation, Ukhaa Tolgod and Tögrög Shiree, Mongolia
Age: ?lower Campanian, Upper Cretaceous. The skull has a length of perhaps 3 cm. The front teeth look impressively sharp and not much like those of a strict vegetarian.
Species: Kryptobaatar gobiensis, also known as Gobibaatar parvus (Kielan-Jaworowska Z, 1970), from the Upper Cretaceous. Probably from from the Gobi, Mongolia.
Species: Kryptobaatar mandahuensis Smith T, Guo D-Y & Sun Y, 2001. It is from the Campanian (Upper Cretaceous) strata of the Bayan Mandahu red beds, Inner Mongloia, China. Based on several well preserved skulls. This location is about the same age as the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia.
Species: Kryptobaatar saichanensis (Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Dashzeveg D, 1978)
Also known as Tugrigbaatar saichanensis (Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Dashzeveg D. 1978) from the Upper Cretaceous of Mongolia.
References
- Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
- McKenna MC & Bell SK, (1997), Classification of Mammals Above the Species Level. Columbia University Press.
- Much of this information has been derived from [1] (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/djado.htm) MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Djadochtatherioidea, an Internet directory.
- Kielan-Jaworowska (1970), New Upper Cretaceous multituberculate genera from Bayn Dzak, Gobi Desert. In: Kielan-Jaworowska (ed.), Results of the Polish-Mongolian Palaeontological Expeditions, pt. II. Palaeontologica Polonica 21, p.35-49.