Albionbaatar

Albionbaatar is an extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of England. It was a member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata, and shared the world with much larger dinosaurs.
(For the technically minded, suborder "Plagiaulacida", family Albionbaataridae.)

Genus: Albionbaatar Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Ensom PC, 1994
Remarks: The name might seem somewhat odd. 'Albion' refers to England, whilst 'baatar' is Mongolian. It means 'hero'. This is due to a recent nomenclatural tradition amongst specialists who study this group. Many multituberculates are called something-or-other-baatar, regardless of where they come from. It's in part because the best preserved remains of multis tend to come from the Upper Cretaceous of the Gobi.

Species: Albionbaatar denisae Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Ensom PC, 1994
Place: Durlston Bay, Dorset
Country: England
Age: Berriasian, Lower Cretaceous
Remarks: A mini multi from the Isle of Purbeck[?], (which t’aint an island). 'Tis a peninsular.
Reference: Kielan-Jaworowska & Ensom (1994), Tiny plagiaulacoid multituberculate mammals from the Purbeck Limestone Formation of Dorset, England. Paleontology, 37, p. 17-31.

Page reference: Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals. Paleontology 44, p.389-429.

(This information has been derived from [1] (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/basmult.htm) MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Plagiaulacidae, Albionbaataridae, Eobaataridae & Arginbaataridae, an internet directory. As that's my webpage, there are no issues of copyright. Trevor Dykes)