Monobaatar
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Monobaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia. It was within the also extinct order Multituberculata, and lived during the "age of the dinosaurs". It is also within the suborder "Plagiaulacida" and has been tentatively referred to the family Eobaataridae, though it probably is not a member.
Quick Facts Monobaatar Temporal range: Early Cretaceous, Scientific classification ...
Monobaatar Temporal range: Early Cretaceous | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Family: | †Eobaataridae |
Genus: | †Monobaatar |
Species: | †M. mimicus |
Binomial name | |
†Monobaatar mimicus Kielan-Jaworowska, Dashzeveg & Trofimov, 1987 | |
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The genus Monobaatar (Kielan-Jaworowska, Dashzeveg & Trofimov, 1987) is known from the species Monobaatar mimicus, which itself is very poorly known. Fossil remains come from the Lower Cretaceous Dzunbain Formation of Mongolia.