Bulganbaatar

Taxobox
name = "Bulganbaatar"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Multituberculata
superfamilia = Djadochtatherioidea
genus = "Bulganbaatar"
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision =
*"B. nemegtbaataroides"

"Bulganbaatar" is a Central Asian mammal genus from the Upper Cretaceous. It existed in the company of dinosaurs. This animal was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata. It's within the suborder Cimolodonta and is a member of the superfamily Djadochtatherioidea. The genus "Bulganbaatar" was named by Kielan-Jaworowska Z. in 1974.

Fossil remains of the species "Bulganbaatar nemegtbaataroides", also named by Kielan-Jaworowska, have been found in Upper Cretaceous-aged strata of the Djadokhta Formation of Mongolia and Kazakhstan.

References

* Kielan-Jaworowska (1974), "Multituberculate succession in the Late Cretaceous of the Gobi Desert (Mongolia)". "Palaeontologica Polonica" 30, p.23-44.
* 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/djado.htm] MESOZOIC MAMMALS; Djadochtatherioidea, an Internet directory.