Sinobaatar
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| Sinobaatar lingyuanensis Hu & Wang, 2002 |
Sinobaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of China. It was within the also extinct order of Multituberculata, and was a small herbivore during the Mesozoic era, also known as the "the age of the dinosaurs". It belongs to the suborder "Plagiaulacida", family Eobaataridae. The genus was named by Hu Y. and Wang Y. in 2002.
The species Sinobaatar lingyuanensis was also named by Hu and Wang in 2002. It has been found in Lower Cretaceous strata of the Yixian Formation in Liaoning, China. "The dental features of Sinobaatar show again that eobaatarids are obviously intermediate between Late Jurassic multituberculates and the later forms," (Hu & Wang, 2002). The abstract reports this as a skeleton. Many Multituberculata are only known from teeth. The species name is in honor of Lingyuan City.
References
- Much of the above material has been derived from MESOZOIC MAMMALS: Plagiaulacidae, Albionbaataridae, Eobaataridae & Arginbaataridae (http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/basmult.htm)
- Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
- Hu and Wang (2002), "Sinobaatar gen. nov.: First multituberculate from the Jehol Biota of Liaoning, Northeast China". Chinese Science Bulletin 47 (11), p.933-938.