Corriebaatar

Corriebaatar; Temporal range: latest Barremian 125 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ↓
	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
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).

^ 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]

[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]

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