Corriebaatar Temporal range: latest Barremian
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Three views of the holotype tooth | |
Reconstruction of the referred jaw | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Suborder: | †Cimolodonta |
Family: | †Corriebaataridae Rich et al., 2009 |
Genus: | †Corriebaatar Rich et al., 2009 |
Species: | †C. marywaltersae
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Binomial name | |
†Corriebaatar marywaltersae Rich et al., 2009
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Corriebaatar is an extinct genus of multituberculate mammals. It contains the single species Corriebaatar marywaltersae and represents the first evidence of Australian multituberculates.[1] It is known from fossils found in the Wonthaggi Formation date back to the Early Cretaceous (latest Barremian ~ 125 million years ago).