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Liaobaatar changi

Mammalia - Multituberculata - Eobaataridae

Taxonomy
Liaobaatar changi was named by Kusuhashi et al. (2009). Its type specimen is IVPP V14489, a mandible (right lower jaw with incisor, p2 to p4, m1 and m2, and fragment of left lower jaw with p2, p3, broken p4, and m1), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fuxin city area, which is in an Aptian/Albian alluvial fan coal in the Fuxin Formation of China. It is the type species of Liaobaatar.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2009Liaobaatar changi Kusuhashi et al. p. 1278 figs. 18-21

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

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.

†Liaobaatar changi Kusuhashi et al. 2009
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. Kusuhashi et al. 2009Large eobaatarid multituberculate with quite large p4 in respect to p3, and m1 with cusp formula 2-3:3. Differing from other eobaatarids in its large size and cusp formula of m1.
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Jenkins and Krause 1983, Hopson 1973

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Albian or 121.40000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5China (Liaoning) Liaobaatar changi (type locality: 123517)