Name:
Heishanobaatar.
Phonetic: High-shan-o-baa-taar.
Named By: N. Kusuhashi, Y. Hu, T.
Setoguchi & H. Matsuoka - 2010.
Classification: Chordata, Mammalia,
Multituberculata, Plagiaulacida, Eobaataridae.
Species: H. triangulus
(type).
Diet: Insectivore?
Size: Uncertain.
Known locations: China - Fuxin Formation,
Shahai Formation.
Time period: Aptian/Albian of the Cretaceous.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.
Heishanobaatar is a genus of multituberculatan mammal that lived in China during the early Cretaceous.
Further reading
- New multituberculate mammals from the Lower Cretaceous (Shahai
and Fuxin formations), northeastern China. Journal of Vertebrate
Paleontology 30(5):1501-1514. - N. Kusuhashi, Y. Hu,
T. Setoguchi & H. Matsuoka - 2010.
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