Eobaatar Temporal range:
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | †Multituberculata |
Family: | †Eobaataridae |
Genus: | †Eobaatar Kielan-Jaworowska, Dashzeveg and Trofimov, 1987 |
Type species | |
†Eobaatar magnus Kielan-Jaworowska, Dashzeveg and Trofimov, 1987
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Species | |
List of species
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Synonyms | |
Eobataar (lapsus calami) |
Eobaatar is a genus of extinct mammal from the Lower Cretaceous of Mongolia, Spain and England. A member of the also extinct order Multituberculata, it lies within the suborder Plagiaulacida and family Eobaataridae. The genus Eobaatar was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z., Dashzeveg D. and Trofimov B.A. in 1987. Its name was made from Greek "eos" = "dawn" and Mongolian "baatar" = "hero"", "warrior".