Eobaatar

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iEobaatar
Conservation status
Extinct (fossil)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Multituberculata Family: Eobaataridae Genus: Eobaatar
Species
E. hispanicus E. magnus E. minor E. parjaronensis (?)

Eobaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia and Spain. It was a member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, and lived at the same time as some dinosaurs. It lies within the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and family Eobaataridae. The genus Eobaatar was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Dashzeveg D. and Trofimov B.A. in 1987.

Contents 1 Species 1.1 Eobaatar hispanicus 1.2 Eobaatar magnus 1.3 Eobaatar minor 1.4 Eobaatar? parjaronensis 2 References

[edit] Species

[edit] Eobaatar hispanicus

This species was named by Hahn G. and Hahn R. in 1992. Remains consisting of a single tooth were found in Hauterivian - Barremian (Lower Cretaceous)-age strata of Galve, Spain.

[edit] Eobaatar magnus

This species was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Dashzeveg D. and Trofimov B.A. in 1987. It is based on a fragment of lower jaw with teeth found in Aptian or Albian (Lower Cretaceous) strata of the Khoboor beds in Guchin Us County, Mongolia.

[edit] Eobaatar minor

This species was also named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Dashzeveg D. and Trofimov B.A. in 1987. Remains were found in Lower Cretaceous strata of Mongolia. Going by the species name, it was probably relatively small.

[edit] Eobaatar? parjaronensis

This species was named by Hahn G. and Hahn R. in 2001. Remains were discovered in Barremian (Lower Cretaceous) strata of Ple pajaron in Spain.

[edit] References

• Hahn & Hahn (2001), "Multituberculaten-zähne aus der Unter-Kreide (Barremium) von Ple Pajaron (Prov. Cuenca, Spanien)". Palaontologische Zeitschrift 74 (4), p.587-589.
  

(Multituberculate teeth from the Lower Cretaceous (Barremium) of Ple Pajaron (Prov. Cuenca, Spain))

• Kielan-Jaworowska et al (1987), "Early Cretaceous multituberculates from Mongoloia and a comparison with Late Jurassic form". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 32, p.3-47.
• Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". Paleontology 44, p.389-429.
• Much of this information has been derived from MESOZOIC MAMMALS: Plagiaulacidae, Albionbaataridae, Eobaataridae & Arginbaataridae