Corriebaatar

Corriebaatar
Temporal range: latest Barremian 125 Ma
Three views of the holotype tooth
Reconstruction of the referred jaw
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Binomial name
Corriebaatar marywaltersae
Rich et al., 2009

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).

  1. ^ Rich, T.H., Vickers-Rich, P., Flannery, T.F., Kear, B.P., Cantrill, D.J., Komarower, P., Kool, L., Pickering, D., Trusler, P., Morton, S., van Klaveren, N., and Fitzgerald, E.M.G. 2009. An Australian multitubercular and its palaeobiogeographic implications. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(1):1-6. [1]