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Buginbaatar transaltaiensis

Osteichthyes - Multituberculata - Cimolomyidae

Taxonomy
Buginbaatar transaltaiensis was named by Kielan-Jaworowska and Sochava (1969). Its type specimen is IGGP 62-b-2f, a set of teeth (incomplete upper dentition), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Haichin Ula I [SMGE, SMPE] (PIN coll. 4230), which is in a Maastrichtian terrestrial sandstone in the Nemegt Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Buginbaatar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Buginbaatar transaltaiensis Kielan-Jaworowska and Sochava
2004Buginbaatar transaltaiensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 328-329

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
RankNameAuthor
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Allotheria()
orderMultituberculataCope 1884
suborderCimolodonta()
familyCimolomyidae
genusBuginbaatar
speciestransaltaiensis

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Buginbaatar transaltaiensis Kielan-Jaworowska and Sochava 1969
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialc
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: arborealo
Diet: herbivoreo
Created: 2005-09-01 17:42:57
Modified: 2005-09-01 19:42:57
Source: o = order, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hopson 1973, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Carroll 1988

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.20000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mongolia (Ovorhangai) Buginbaatar transaltaiensis (type locality: 13347)