Heishanobaatar

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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