Ameribaatar

Taxobox
name = "Ameribaatar"
fossil_range = Middle Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Multituberculata
familia = Affinities unclear
genus = "Ameribaatar"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "A. zofiae" (extinct)

"Ameribaatar" is an extinct mammal of the middle Cretaceous. It was a member of the also extinct order of Multituberculata. It lived in North America during the Mesozoic, also known as the "age of the dinosaurs". Whether it belongs to Plagiaulacida, Cimolodonta, or neither, is presently unclear. The genus "Ameribaatar" ("American hero") was named by Eaton and Cifelli in 2001.

The primary species, "Ameribaatar zofiae", was also named by Eaton and Cifelli. Its fossil remains were discovered in strata dating to the Albian-Cenomanian (Lower-Upper Cretaceous) boundary in the Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah (USA).

The species name honours Zofia Kielan-Jaworowska.

References

* Eaton & Cifelli (2001), "Multituberculate mammals from near the Early-Late Cretaceous boundary, Cedar Mountain Formation, Utah". Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 46 (4), p.453-518.
* Much of this information has been derived from [http://home.arcor.de/ktdykes/plagiau.htm] MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Basal Multituberculata, an Internet directory.