Alagtsavbaatar

Alagtsavbaatar; Temporal range: Late Eocene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Carnivora
Suborder:	Feliformia
Infraorder:	Aeluroidea
Genus:	†Alagtsavbaatar; Egi et al., 2016
Type species
	†Stenoplesictis indigenus; Dashzeveg, 1996
Species
	†Alagtsavbaatar indigenus Dashzeveg, 1996;
Synonyms
	Stenoplesictis indigenus Dashzeveg, 1996;

Alagtsavbaatar (meaning "Alag Tsav hero") is an extinct species of carnivorous cat-like carnivoran belonging to the infraorder Aeluroidea. It was endemic to Asia, with all known specimens being found in Mongolia, and lived during the late Eocene epoch. It is a monotypic genus, with the type and only known species being A. indigenus, and is named after the Alag Tsav locality where its remains were first discovered.^[1]

^ Dashzėvėg, Dėmbėrėliĭn (1996). Some carnivorous mammals from the Paleogene of the eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolia, and the application of Oligocene carnivores to stratigraphic correlation. American Museum of Natural History Library. New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History.

[:0-1] Dashzėvėg, Dėmbėrėliĭn (1996). Some carnivorous mammals from the Paleogene of the eastern Gobi Desert, Mongolia, and the application of Oligocene carnivores to stratigraphic correlation. American Museum of Natural History Library. New York, N.Y. : American Museum of Natural History.

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