Tombaatar

Taxobox
name = "Tombaatar"
fossil_range = Late Cretaceous
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Multituberculata
familia = Djadochtatheriidae
genus = "Tombaatar"
species = "T. sabuli"
binomial = "Tombaatar sabuli"
binomial_authority = Rougier G.W., Novacek M. & Dashzeveg D., 1997

"Tombaatar" is a mammal genus that existed during the Mongolian Upper Cretaceous Period. It co-existed with some of the late dinosaurs. This animal was a member of the extinct order Multituberculata, within the suborder Cimolodonta and family Djadochtatheriidae. The genus "Tombaatar" was named by Rougier G.W., Novacek M. and Dashzeveg D. in 1997.

The species "Tombaatar sabuli" is known from remains found in the Upper Cretaceous Djadokhta Formation of Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia. "Tombaatar" was a relatively large multituberculate. The skull is about 6 cm in length.

References

* Rougier, Novacek & Dashzeveg (1997), "A new multituberculate from the late Cretaceous locality Ukhaa Tolgod, Mongolia: Considerations on multituberculate interrelationships", "American Museum Novitates" 3191, p.1-26.
* Kielan-Jaworowska, Z. & Hurum, J.H. (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.