- Arginbaatar
Taxobox
name = Arginbaatridae
fossil_range =Early Cretaceous
regnum =Animal ia
divisio =Therapsida
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Multituberculata
familia =Arginbaataridae
genus = "Arginbaatar"
species = "A. dimitrievae"
binomial = "Arginbaatar dimitrievae"
binomial_authority = Trofimov, 1980"Arginbaatar" is a genus of extinct
mammal from the LowerCretaceous ofMongolia . It was a member of theMultituberculata , an order which is also extinct. It belongs to the family Arginbaataridae (Hahn & Hahn 1983). The genus "Arginbaatar" was named by Trofimov B.A. in 1980. "Baatar" is Mongolian for "hero" or "warrior."The primary species, "Arginbaatar dimitrievae", was also named by Trofimov. The
fossil remains date to the Aptian or Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Mongolia.This genus is the only known member of its family, which is thus monotypic. Some characteristics are "
Plagiaulacida "-like, while others are more akin to the further derived suborder ofCimolodonta . Exactly where it fits in is unclear. "This family shows a mixture of 'plagiaulacidan' and cimolodontan characters" (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, p.415).References
* Trofimov (1980) "Multituberculata and Symmetrodonta from the Lower Cretaceous deposits in Mongolia". Trans. (Dokl) USSR Acad Sci, Earth Sci Sect 251. p.188-191.
* Kielan-Jaworowska Z & Hurum JH (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". "Paleontology" 44, p.389-429.
* Much of this information has been derived from [http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/basmult.htm] MESOZOIC MAMMALS: Plagiaulacidae, Albionbaataridae, Eobaataridae & Arginbaataridae, an Internet directory.
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