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Nemegtbaatar gobiensis

Mammalia - Multituberculata

Taxonomy
Nemegtbaatar gobiensis was named by Kielan-Jaworowska (1974). Its type specimen is ZPAL MgM-I/81, a partial skeleton (almost complete skull, crushed dorsoventrally with mandibles and partial postcranial skeleton), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khermeen Tsav II, Middle Red Beds [PMPE], which is in a Campanian/Campanian terrestrial sandstone in the Baruungoyot Formation of Mongolia. It is the type species of Nemegtbaatar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Nemegtbaatar gobiensis Kielan-Jaworowska
2004Nemegtbaatar gobiensis Kielan-Jaworowska et al. pp. 255, 327-328

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

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.

†Nemegtbaatar gobiensis Kielan-Jaworowska 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialg
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: ground dwellingg
Diet: herbivoreg
Created: 2005-09-06 18:06:36
Modified: 2005-09-06 20:06:36
Source: g = genus, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hopson 1973, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Kielan-Jaworowska et al. 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov Aimak) Nemegtbaatar gobiensis (37184)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mongolia (Omnogov) Multituberculata indet. (37022) Nemegtbaatar gobiensis (11582 13776 type locality: 28243)