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Ameribaatar

Ameribaatar
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Therapsida
Class: Mammalia
Order: Multituberculata
Family: Affinities unclear
Species
  A. zofiae

Ref.

Ameribaatar is an extinct mammal of the middle Cretaceous. It was a member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata. It lived in North America during the 'age of the dinosaurs'.
Whether it's belongs to "Plagiaulacida", Cimolodonta or neither is presently unclear.

Genus: Ameribaatar Eaton & Cifelli, 2001
'American hero'

Species: Ameribaatar zofiae Eaton & Cifelli, 2001
Place: Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah
Country: USA
Age: Albian-Cenomanian, Lower-Upper Cretaceous boundary
Remarks: The species name honours Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska.
Reference: Eaton & Cifelli (2001), Multituberculate mammals from near the Early-Late Cretaceous boundary, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (4), p.453-518.

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



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