Eobaataridae

Taxobox
name = Eobaataridae
fossil_range = Jurassic? - Early Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Multituberculata
familia = Eobaataridae
subdivision_ranks = Genera
subdivision =
* "Eobaatar"
* "Loxaulax"
* "Parendotherium"
* "Sinobaatar"
* perhaps "Monobaatar"

Eobaataridae is a family of fossil mammal within the order Multituberculata. Remains are known from the Lower Cretaceous of Europe and Asia, and possibly the Jurassic of North America. These herbivores thus lived during the Mesozoic era, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs". They were among the most derived representatives of the informal suborder "Plagiaulacida".

In this case of one taxon, remains are reasonably well known. This refers to "Sinobaatar" from the extraordinary Chinese locality of Liaoning. They were close relavtives of the Plagiaulacidae, while the second upper molar has similarities to ones known from the informal Paracimexomys group within the more derived suborder, Cimolodonta.

Etymology

The name component "Eobaatar-" is a Greek and Mongolian mixture and means "dawn hero".Fact|date=February 2007

References

* Kielan-Jaworowska, Dashzeveg & Trofimov (1987), "Early Cretaceous multituberculates from Mongolia and a comparison with Late Jurassic forms". "Acta Palaeontologica Polonica" 32, p.3-47.
* Kielan-Jaworowska Z. and Hurum J.H. (2001), "Phylogeny and Systematics of multituberculate mammals". "Paleontology" 44, p.389-429.
* Most of this information has been derived from [http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/basmult.htm MESOZOIC MAMMALS: Plagiaulacidae, Albionbaataridae, Eobaataridae & Arginbaataridae]