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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