Zofiabaatar

Taxobox
name = Zofiabaataridae
fossil_range = Late Jurassic
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Multituberculata
familia = Zofiabaataridae
genus = "Zofiabaatar"
species = "Z. pulcher"
binomial = "Zofiabaatar pulcher"
binomial_authority = Bakker and Carpenter, 1990

"Zofiabaatar" is a genus of extinct mammal from the Upper Jurassic period. It was a relatively early member of the extinct order Multituberculata within the suborder "Plagiaulacida". It lived in North America along with dinosaurs such as "Diplodocus" and "Allosaurus".

The primary species is named "Zofiabaatar pulcher". Fossils have been found in the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of Wyoming (U.S.). The animal was reportedly about 30 cm long. It seems to have been a rather specialized creature, judging by the dentary, which is all that's known. Zofiabaataridae are believed to belong to the allodontid line.

References

* Simpson. "Mesozoic Mammalia. VII. Taxonomy of Morrison multituberculates", "American Journal of Science". 1927. Pages 36-38.
* Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. and J.H. Hurum. "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals", "Paleontology". 44. Pages 389-429.