Nuurtherium

Name: Nuurtherium.
Phonetic: Nu-ur-fe-re-um.
Named By: P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Velazco,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Buczek‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Novacek‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.
Classification: Chordata,‭ ‬Therapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Tritylodontidae.
Species: N.‭ ‬baruunensis‭ (‬type‭)‬.
Diet: Carnivore.
Size: Unavailable.
Known locations: Mongolia‭ ‬-‭ ‬Ulan Malgait Formation.
Time period: Late Jurassic.
Fossil representation: Partial remains.

       Nuurtherium is a genus of cynodont therapsid that lived in Asia during the Late Jurassic.

Further reading
-‭ ‬Two New Tritylodontids‭ (‬Synapsida,‭ ‬Cynodontia,‭ ‬Mammaliamorpha‭) ‬from the Upper Jurassic,‭ ‬Southwestern Mongolia.‭ ‬-‭ ‬American Museum Novitates‭ ‬3874:1-35.‭ ‬-‭ ‬P.‭ ‬M.‭ ‬Velazco,‭ ‬A.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Buczek‭ & ‬M.‭ ‬J.‭ ‬Novacek‭ ‬-‭ ‬2017.



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