Liaobaatar Temporal range: Aptian–Albian |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Multituberculata |
Family: | Eobaataridae |
Genus: | Liaobaatar Kusuhasi et al., 2009 |
Species: | L. changi |
Binomial name | |
Liaobaatar changi Kusuhasi et al., 2009 |
Liaobaatar changi is a multituberculate which existed in China during the lower Cretaceous period.[1] It is the only species in the genus Liaobaatar.
The name Liaobaatar indicates the site where the material referred to this genus has been discovered, the Province of Liaoning in China, plus the Mongolian suffix "baatar"= hero often used for multituberculates classification.